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Milam, Jesse Bartley, 1884-1949

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1884 - 1949

Biography

First Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation appointed by a U.S. President since tribal government had been dissolved before Oklahoma Statehood in 1907.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Cherokee Claims Documents, 1845-01 - 1845-04

 Collection
Identifier: E99.C5-D63 1845
Scope and Contents

Photostatic copies of documents pertaining to claims filed at Fort Gibson and Tahlequah offices of the Commissioner to the Cherokee (Indian Territory) regarding reservation, pre-emption, improvement, spoliation, and other such claims. Claims were filed between January and April 1845 when the commissioner was instructed to close the offices and return to Washington. The offices were established to examine claims of the Cherokee Nation against the United States under the treaty of 1835-6.

Dates: 1845-01 - 1845-04

Eastern Cherokees in North Carolina letter from the Secretary of the Interior in response to resolution of the House of February 25, 1882, relative to the lands and funds of the Eastern Band of North Carolina Cherokees.

 Item
Identifier: E99.C5-U53 1882
Content Description

Report prepared in the office of H. Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. "May 11, 1882.--Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed." This copy is imperfect: pages 20-54 and maps lacking; pages have been separated and pasted onto sheets of legal-size writing paper with extensive handwritten notes throughout.

Dates: 1882

Filtered By

  • Subject: Cherokee Indians -- Claims X

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Subject
Cherokee Indians -- Government relations. 1
Cherokee Indians -- History. 1
Cherokee Indians -- Land tenure. 1
Cherokee Indians. 1
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 1