Eastern or Emigrant Cherokees.

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Handwritten affidavits of John M. Miller and Martha A. Miller as to their Cherokee lineage. Includes typed transcripts from the Eastern Emigrant and Western Cherokee Indian Records, 1808-1920, listing the Miller lineage.

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Commission of Indian Affairs Blank application for shares of money appropriated for the Eastern Cherokee Indians

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Carbon copy typed motion by Eastern Emigrant and Western Cherokees, Inc. in protest against Frank J. Boudinot acting or appearing as attorney for them.

Scope and Contents 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 Band" generally apply to any Cherokees who were living...

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Handwritten and signed document pertaining to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

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Carbon copy typed meeting minutes of Eastern Emigrant and Western Cherokee Council (31 Jan. 1921). Reviews various resolutions and discusses Resolution of the Keetowah Society.

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Over 80 documents relating to the Cherokee Nation, including letters and telegrams between agents of the Eastern Immigrant & Western Cherokee Association, a lobbyist in DC and other parties. Also included are a newspaper clippings and US Congressional House Bills.

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Carbon copy typed and signed letter from John M. Taylor (Attorney, Eastern Emigrant and Western Cherokees) to President, Secretary of the Interior, and the Attorney General regarding the U.S. Government's wrongfully taking possession of Cherokee lands. Bears the official seal of the Eastern Emigrant and Western Cherokees.

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Typed Memorandum of Agreement by and between the Catoowah Society of Eastern Cherokee Indians and James Hilderbrand, John Hicks, J.B. Smith, W.W. Forman, and Adam Swimmer.