Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Copy of a printed abstract of An Act of Congress, Public No. 129: An Act to provide for the final disposition of the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Original abstract dated 21 Apr 1904.

Printed abstract of Act of Congress, Public No. 129: An Act to provide for the final disposition of the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Related to 1975.006.1.Cherokee.079

Handwritten and signed draft, and photostatic negatives of same, of An Act to prohibit the sale and transportation of hay beyond the limits of the Cherokee Nation.

Handwritten draft of Article 12: "It will favor the fostering of industry and the encouragement of enterprise and the developments of the resources of the Nation by a wise and liberal policy toward labor…" S.H. Benge, President of Convention of Tahlequah.

Handwritten document of the by-laws and rules of the Tahlequah Ketawa Lodge. Written and signed by J. H. Dick.

Typed and signed Cherokee Senate Bill No. 2: An Act providing for the retention in office of W.C. Rogers (Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation) and D.M. Faulkner (Assistant Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation). Disapproved by US President Theodore Roosevelt.

Handwritten and signed Council Bill No. 21. Amendment to the Act regarding the possession and/or use of dangerous weapons in or near polling places during election time.

Handwritten in Cherokee and English excerpt from "An Act in Relation to Crimes and Misdemeanors" from the Compiled Laws of the Cherokee Nation. Article I Sec. 268.

Handwritten in Cherokee and English excerpt from "An Act in Relation to Crimes and Misdemeanors" from the Compiled Laws of the Cherokee Nation. Article I Sec. 271.

Handwritten in Cherokee and English excerpt from "An Act in Relation to Crimes and Misdemeanors" from the Compiled Laws of the Cherokee Nation. Article XI Sec. 305.