Native American
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms
Found in 6473 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript Collection: Chickasaw Ledger Books
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.41
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: There are two Chickasaw ledger books. Some items are receipts for funds paid, and disbursements of treaty monies. There are several letters between A. Harlan, on behalf of the $24,303.00 estate of a Chickasaw member Up-Pa-La and various Indian Affairs agents, especially N.G. Taylor, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. There is also an Act of Legislative Council of the Chickasaw granting rights to J. Wes Parker, W.M. Guy, C.D....
Dates:
1791-1905
Manuscript Collection: Crow Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.51
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This tribal roll of the Crow Indians was compiled sometime during the 1880's and contains 300 names, with both the Crow and the English spelling. (5 pp., typed list).
Dates:
circa 1880
Manuscript Collection: Eastern Band Cherokee Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.36
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Eastern Band of Cherokees were those who, under the leadership of John Ross, did not subscribe to the treaty of New Echota (1835) and had to be removed by force to the Western lands. However, there had been emigration to the West as early as 1810 by groups who wished to leave Georgia and the term "Western Cherokees" was applied to this group as well as to later emigrants. The papers in the Gilcrease files labeled "Eastern...
Dates:
1752-1907
Manuscript Collection: Eastern Indians
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.59
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A treaty of several tribes of Indians, primarily Seneca, Wyandotte, Delaware and Shawnee. Concluded at St Mary's, Ohio, in 1818, signed by John C. Calhoun in 1826. Accompanying the treaty is a large plat showing the allotment of lands, signed by Josiah Meigs.[Filed in Flat Storage - Cabinet B, Drawer 5, Folder 4]. Also contains an unsigned typescript entitled "Henry Turkeyfoot" comprising a two page biography of the Seneca...
Dates:
1818-1926
Manuscript Collection: Edmond J. Gardner
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.73
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Edmond J. Gardner (1877-1935) was a student of Choctaw History and these documents include manuscripts on the Wheelock Church; Alfred Wright, missionary to the Choctaws; the Folsom families; Allen Wright; Pushmataha; the Removal; and Choctaw legends and customs. Mr. Gardner's father traveled the Trail of Tears with the Reverend Alfred Wright. Part Choctaw, Mr. Gardner was self-educated, and he was the only Choctaw who learned...
Dates:
1849-1936
Manuscript Collection: George W. Benge
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.15
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These papers concern the circuit court of which G.W. Benge was judge at the time. There are letters and "House Bills" regarding the sale of land in the Cherokee Outlet - especially some dealing with E.D. Chadwick and R.T. Wilson. One document, an amendment to House Bill No. 10,002, relates to the "Old Settlers or Western Cherokees Fund." There is one petition asking that the town of Catoosa be incorporated. Most of the items...
Dates:
1885-1919
Manuscript Collection: George W. Grayson
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.78
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: George W. Grayson was Principal Chief of the Creek Nation in 1918, and these are a few papers from that administration such as deeds sent from the court for him to certify as Chief; plans for a memorial to Pleasant Porter, a former chief; and routine correspondence with the Honorable Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. One item is a letter of protest against Creek Indians serving in the military forces outside of the...
Dates:
1888-1919
Manuscript Collection: Jackson Barnett
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.14
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Jackson Barnett (1852-1934) was a wealthy Creek Indian, concerning whose estate there was a great deal of litigation. These papers concern that litigation and the determination of his heirs. One page (typescript) is a short biography of Jackson Barnett from which the dates 1852 - 1934 were taken.
Dates:
1937-1939
Manuscript Collection: John Drew
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.58
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A miscellaneous collection reflecting a long and busy life of John Drew (c. 1800-1865), a leading Cherokee, both at the time of removal and later as a representative of the tribe in Washington. Drew served as a Confederate soldier and officer; he was also a banker, a lawyer of sorts, and a storekeeper. Much of the collection consists of business papers of all sorts, many reflecting various aspects of the traffic in slaves, and...
Dates:
1812-1916