Cherokee Registry

17/05/2018

14/05/2018

Student information card of Fancy Owl, a member of the Cherokee Nation, who entered the school on December 14, 1893 and departed on July 1, 1902.

Search student records for Cherokee attending the Carlisle Indian School here:
http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/student_files/explore/all?

14/05/2018

http://cherokeephoenix.org/Article/index/32200

After decades of not knowing where his great-grandmother’s burial site is, Cherokee National Treasure Eddie Morrison discovers her resting place.

04/12/2017

http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/index/11766

Cherokee National Treasure Noel Grayson relays the importance of sharing knowledge in a Cherokee weaponry presentation.

19/10/2017

http://cherokeeregistry.com/blog/2017/10/19/starr-wars-the-bloody-cherokee-feud-that-still-haunts-us-today/

The names of wealthy, slaveholding Cherokee families of the past are attached to cities and counties throughout Oklahoma. Those names were also affixed to the descendants of families they enslaved…

19/09/2017

http://cherokeeregistry.com/blog/2017/09/19/youre-running-out-of-time/

I’ll bet you’re like me. Whether you’re Cherokee or not we have a few very important things in common. Let me tell you just a little about myself and see. One of my earliest mem…

17/09/2017

http://www.uttc.edu/apply/waiver

UTTC will be offering a tuition waiver for Native America students. Applications deadlines will apply to this tuition waiver. Here are the deadlines for each semester:Fall 2017- June 29, 2017Spring 2018- Nov. 2, 2017Summer 2018- March 29, 2018

17/09/2017

For students from tribes that are not recognized by the federal government, check out the Allogan Slagle Memorial Scholarship.

17/09/2017

A descendant of Mongols? Searching for your own Native roots may be confusing as his. Was his tribe/clan the Argyns, Dughlats, Naimans, Jalairs, Keraits, Khazars, or Qarluqs? The Cherokee Nation has been a mixture of tribes over time, and the Cherokee-by-blood roll isn't really a list of people with Cherokee blood. There are adopted whites, adopted Creeks, Natchez, Shawnee, and Delaware on there too. We'd love to hear your family's story.
(Photo by Viktor Drachev\TASS via Getty Images)

16/09/2017

African-Cherokees were often listed as Freedmen on the final roll even though they appeared on earlier rolls as "native Cherokees", "native coloreds," or "emigrant Cherokees". People who were classified as Freedmen could sell their tribal land allotment to whites if they wanted, so it benefited the government commission to classify as many as possible as Freedmen rather than African-Cherokee.

06/09/2017

CHEROKEE FREEDMEN: For Cherokee Nation citizenship you need to locate your ancestor on the Dawes roll. You will need a state certified birth certificate for yourself, and state Birth/Death certificates to prove your direct biological lineage from you to that person on the roll. NO DNA TEST is useful for this purpose. If you have relatives who are/were tribal members, get as much information from them as possible, including their own registration number from their tribal membership card.

03/09/2017

This banner says it all! The Freedmen have the same rights as Cherokees by blood.

26/08/2017

http://cherokeeregistry.com/blog/2017/08/26/secret-societies-and-lost-gold-in-the-cherokee-nation/

Booker T. Washington wrote, “The Indians who first met the white man on his continent do not seem to have held slaves until they first learned to do so from him.” Cherokee and other Ind…

16/08/2017

http://wp.me/p5JtWy-4d

If you are considering a DNA test, joining the Cherokee Nation, or simply tracing your own Cherokee blood line, here is important information you should know. According to U.S. Census data, Native …

28/06/2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AbnNy4I5TQ

The story of the Keetoowah Cherokee people.

28/06/2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3xYAI4kYN4

The story of the Keetoowah Cherokee people

27/06/2017

THE IMAGE POSTED HERE EARLIER TODAY was intended to link to a very interesting story by David Cornsilk regarding a Cherokee named Shoeboots. The posted image simply quoted the first sentence from that story. It was purposely eye-catching and referred people to the source article rather than repost the text here.

However, the unlinked image caused confusion, harsh words, and bitterness. This is sad because the reason for referring people to that page was part of a new attempt at directing people to trustworthy resources where they can find comprehensive answers on controversial topics. Below is a link to the story along with apologies:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/237458/message/1245967292

25/03/2017

The civil war divided the Cherokee Nation just as it did the United States because there were 4,000 black slaves living among the Cherokees. After the war the tribe signed a treaty that granted former slaves, or freedmen, “ALL THE RIGHTS OF NATIVE CHEROKEES". Until the time of the Dawes rolls when the U.S. government divided Cherokee lands among individual Cherokee, the African Cherokee were allowed to hold office, do business, and all else that any other Cherokee could do. The government chose to add a "blood quantum" to the Dawes rolls because those Cherokee with a lower blood degree were allowed to sell their land to white settlers. Even though today the blood quantum isn't used in deciding who can gain citizenship, the Cherokee Supreme Court has just decided that it does prevent Cherokee tribal members classified as "adopted tribal members/citizens" from running for tribal council. This includes Freedmen, Delaware, and Shawnees.
Learn more about the Freedmen issue: https://www.facebook.com/FreedmenAssociation/

This group is made of folks descended from slaves & free blacks of the 5 tribes.

25/03/2017

This is needed in Georgia because "New report says HOPE scholarship is in danger of going broke in 12 years".

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cherokee-county/indian-tribe-wants-to-return-to-ga-build-casino/493029142

Cherokee County

19/03/2017

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FINAL DAYS OF SEQUOYAH: The narrative of Oo-che-ah (The Worm). April 21, 1845

http://cherokeeregistry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=435&Itemid=650

17/03/2017

It's important when contributing stories to the registry that you include names, dates, and locations when possible. We get some very extensive and interesting family histories that are bare of any real specifics. Remember that if you say "my grandfather" we don't have a way of knowing who that is unless you name him. Thank you!

21/02/2017

Muster roll for Hildebrand detachment - Trail of Tears
http://cherokeeregistry.com/blog/2017/02/22/muster-roll-for-hildebrand-detachment-trail-of-tears/

21/02/2017

British Treasury Books and Papers: September 30, 1730.....The King is pleased to allow 400£ more to Governor Johnson for the SEVEN CHEROKEE INDIANS, which, with 300£ before ordered, is to put an end to all further charge.

Royal sign manual directed to the Lords of the Treasury for the issue of 400£ to Robert Johnson, Governor of South Carolina, in full of the whole expense of maintenance and shipping back the SEVEN CHEROKEE INDIANS now here.
Memorandum:— [Treasury Minute Book XXVI. p. 350.]
Learn more: http://www.cherokeeregistry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=309&Itemid=446

Our mission is to preserve and document the history, culture and genealogy of the Cherokee people. We provide the tools and resources with which descendants can discover and preserve their family heritage, learn more about who they are, and join together with tribal members.

06/02/2017

1817 Cherokee Reservation roll:
Cherokees who wished to remain in the east.
Transcribed here:http://www.us-data.org/us/roll/1817cherokee.pdf

24/01/2017

The Catawba and Cherokee had been enemies. Two years after most Cherokee were sent west on the Trail of Tears, the Catawba were swindled out of their land by South Carolina. Some then joined the Cherokee who had managed to remain in North Carolina.

12/12/2016

Here are some helpful links for Cherokee genealogy

Our Trail of Tears roll.
http://cherokeeregistry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=463&Itemid=680

Names of Cherokees who may have been dispossessed - Office Indian Affairs, July 25, 1835
http://www.cherokeeregistry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=349&Itemid=444

Battle of Horseshoe Bend- Cherokee roll - 1814
http://www.cherokeeregistry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148&Itemid=218

List of Cherokee students sent to Carlisle Indian School
http://www.cherokeeregistry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=348&Itemid=443

Roll of North Carolina Cherokees who removed to the Cherokee Nation 08 June 1881
This mirrors a document on NC GenWeb
http://www.cherokeeregistry.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=480

23/11/2016

The Otahki Memorial to Nancy Bushyhead Walker Hildebrand. Most recent research suggests that she was the sister of the famous Cherokee Reverend Jesse Bushyhead and cousin to Whitepath (Nunnahitsunega). They were all on the Trail of Tears but only Bushyhead survived.

She was the second wife of John Walker Jr. Before the Cherokee removal they lived near Cleveland, Tennessee, and had two children, Ebenezer and Sara.

On his way home from a council meeting in 1834 Walker was ambushed and killed. Nancy then married Lewis Hildebrand, a courier for Chief John Ross.

Chief Whitepath was a member of the Elijah Hicks Detachment that left the first week of October 1838, with Whitepath serving as assistant conductor. By the time they reached Nashville, the Chief had become ill; upon reaching Gray’s Inn at Guthrie, Kentucky, water from the Inn’s well seemed to revive him. While camped along the south fork of the Little River outside of Hopkinsville, Whitepath died. He was buried beside Fly Smith who also died during the night.

After the detachment crossed the Mississippi River and camped, Nancy died. Her husband and Jesse Bushyhead erected a wooden marker on her grave. In 1962, the Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau erected this memorial to Otahki and all the Cherokee who lost their lives on the Trail.

She is listed as Nancy Bushyhead on our Trail of Tears roll here: http://cherokeeregistry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=463&Itemid=680

12/11/2016

A PRACTICING CHEROKEE CONJUROR GOES TO WAR

A practicing Cherokee conjuror and Christian preacher named Ed Handle when into military service during World War I as a Private in Company I, 358th Infantry. He took his notebook of Cherokee conjures with him.

Ed was born near Jay, Delaware County, Oklahoma Oct 17, 1893.
Redbird Smith who was leader of the Nighthawk Keetoowahs convinced him to live a few miles north­east of Gore, Oklahoma, in Sequoyah County. But Ed later split with Redbird and moved near Barber, Oklahoma in Cherokee County. There he affiliated himself with the Sycamore Tree Cherokee Baptist Church in which he rose to leadership, becoming church secretary, deacon, and a licensed minister.

It was there that he connected with another Cherokee medicine man named Standingdeer. Standingdeer was ordained a minister on July 9, 1921. There the two wrote both church records and various "formulas" in Cherokee syllabary script.

Ed Handle died on 3 July 1938 and was buried in Barber Cemetery with a military tombstone. See his family tree here: http://cherokeeregistry.com/cherokeestories/rootspersona-tree/ed-handle/