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 1 Collection or Record:
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: Indians of North America -- North Carolina X