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Native American

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 6473 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript Collection: John F. Brown

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.25
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These papers contain Brown's appointment by H. C. Linn, a Director of the St. Louis, Oklahoma, and Southern Railroad, to act on behalf of Linn in matters connected with the Railroad. John F. Brown (1843-1919) was Chief of the Seminole Nation from 1877 to 1907, except for the term of 1902-04. A certificate of election and oath of office (1905) are also included.

Dates: 1897-1905
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John F. Brown

Manuscript Collection: John Lowery Brown

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.26
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Journal of John Lowery Brown (1779-1852), a Cherokee. He and a party of fellow tribesmen left Grand Saline (near Salina, Oklahoma) on April 20, 1850, for the gold fields of California. After suffering many hardships, the party arrived late in September. The last entry is November 10, 1850. This journal is in English. A transcript with notes is printed in Vol. XII of the Chronicles of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society,...
Dates: 1850
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Lowery Brown

Manuscript Collection: John M. Armstrong

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.7
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John M. Armstrong (n.d.) was an attorney for the Wyandotte Tribe. The papers are the type a lawyer would leave, concerning Wyandotte tribal matters in Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, etc. They pertain largely to claims against the United States. The papers also include business matters of Armstrong. Later papers are concerned with the division in the Methodist Church, North and South. Some deal with his wife's (Lucy Bigelow) efforts on...
Dates: 1833-1890
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John M. Armstrong

Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.185
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Ross (1790-1866) chief of the First Indian Republic, was principal chief of the Cherokees during the time of the Removal , establishment of the Cherokee Nation, and until his death. During the Civil War he split with the Cherokees who favored the Southern cause and ruled in exile after 1863 from Philadelphia. The collection contains correspondence, proclamation as chief of the Cherokee Tribe, legal papers, records,...
Dates: [no date]
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Manuscript Collection: John W. Swain

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Identifier: MC.1954.202
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection of papers contains a declaration of citizenship to John W. Swain in the Cherokee Nation (1882), a letter signed by D.W. Bushyhead, Principal Chief of the Cherokees, a letter to Rebecca Swain from Senator Robert Owen, letters regarding family matters, a divorce decree, bills of sale, etc.

Dates: 1857-1911
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John W. Swain

Manuscript Collection: Kiowa Papers

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Identifier: MC.1970.116
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Reports of the Red Stone Church (Kiowa) near Anadarko, Oklahoma, are contained in this notebook of 154 pages. Included are the treasurer's reports both for Sunday School and Church, a list of members, the death date of some of them, and reports of services Sunday by Sunday. The book is marked "Property of Stumbling Bear Glen." While the accounts in the book run from 1921 to 1927, there are several loose pages of miscellaneous...
Dates: 1905-1927
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Kiowa Papers

Manuscript Collection: Levi Gritts

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.80
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection includes a teacher's certificate authorizing Levi Gritts to teach in Cherokee Nation primary schools, Gritts letter of application to the university of Oklahoma President Joseph Brant for the position of teacher of the Cherokee Language and two letters of recommendation for Gritts. Also included is "Cherokee Hymns" published by Phoenix Publications in Chicago, examples of the Cherokee syllabary, "Will Rogers"...
Dates: 1902 - 1962
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Levi Gritts

Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

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Identifier: MC.1975.186
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A collection of letters, some written in Cherokee, receipts, birth and marriage certificates and newspaper clippings. Most letters are between Lewis and Henry Ross.

Dates: 1826 -1948
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

Manuscript Collection: Narragansett Petition

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.150
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: As representatives of the Narraganset Indians, Samuel Niles and James Niles present a petition to the "Council of War," the beginning of which reads: "To the Honorable Nicholas Cooke Esq. Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over the State of Rhode Island." The petition protests the leasing of farm lands to anyone not a member of the Narraganset Tribe and asks that the problem be referred to the General Assembly. The...
Dates: 1777
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Narragansett Petition

Manuscript Collection: Natchez Treaty

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.151
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Completely handwritten, this is a treaty, written in Spanish, between the Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Governor Lemos of "the Place and District of Natchez." It contains many signatures, the majority "by his mark."

Dates: 1792
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Natchez Treaty

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