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Cherokee Indians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 398 Collections and/or Records:

Cherokee Nation District Clerk Certification, 1895-11-13

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 000023240308], Folder: 7
Identifier: 1975.006.1.Cherokee.158
Scope and Contents

Cherokee Nation certification of Joseph (J.M.) Ross' appointment as district clerk of Saline District.

Dates: 1895-11-13

Cherokee Nation vs. U.S. in the Court of Claims, Case No. 34,449, 1921-05-26

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 000023240308], Folder: 5
Identifier: 1975.006.1.Cherokee.088
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy typed signed Cherokee Nation vs. U.S. in the Court of Claims, Case No. 34,449. Regarding a dispute over Frank J. Boudinot's authority or lack thereof to act as representative of the Cherokee Nation in this or any other suit in the Court of Claims. Signed by John M. Taylor (Attorney of Record, Eastern Emigrant and Western Cherokees).

Dates: 1921-05-26

Cherokee Old Settler Pay Roll, 1896-09-30

 Item — Oversize Box 4: [Barcode: A000021917646]
Identifier: 1975.006.6.Cherokee.013
Scope and Contents

Items remaining unpaid at close of Old Settler payment, Union Agency, Indian Territory. Includes names, roll numbers, and addresses of Cherokee

Dates: 1896-09-30

Cherokee Papers, 1804-1871

 Collection
Identifier: 28
Scope and Contents These papers consist of a miscellaneous collection of material including some correspondence of Col. Return J. Meigs, Senator Harlan, President Grant, Col. Stand Watie; documents regarding sale of two slaves from the James Vann (1811) estate; names entitled to draw in land lottery of Gold Region in Georgia (1832); Old Settlers' Council Proceedings (1838-1865), and a list of 119 Old Settlers' names. There are Sequoyan documents and notes on his syllabary, a map of New Echota, and a Brainerd...
Dates: 1804 - 1871

Cherokee Senate Bill No. 2, 1906-03-07

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 000023240308], Folder: 4
Identifier: 1975.006.1.Cherokee.080
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1906-03-07

Cherokee Shorthand Chart, Undated

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000023240315], Folder: 6
Identifier: 1975.006.2.Cherokee.050b

Cherokee Treaty , 1804

 Item
Identifier: 29
Scope and Contents This is the original manuscript of the Cherokee Treaty of 1804 which was concluded in the National Council of the Cherokees assembled at Eustinalee on the 9th day of April, 1804, with Return J. Meigs, Agent to the Cherokees, acting under instructions from the Executive of the United States. This treaty provided for a road across the Cumberland Mountains from Kentucky through Tennessee to Tellico. The witnesses were William Tharp, William Lovely, and Charles Hicks, the...
Dates: 1804-04-09

Cherokee/English Newspaper, 1850

 Item — Oversize Box 4: [Barcode: A000021917646]
Identifier: 1975.006.6.Cherokee.002

"Cherokees Preparing to Collect Millions for Lands Allotted and Moneys Paid to the Cherokee Freedman", 1918-12-03

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 000023240308], Folder: 5
Identifier: 1975.006.1.Cherokee.085
Scope and Contents

Printed notice to be posted: "Cherokees Preparing to Collect Millions for Lands Allotted and Moneys Paid to the Cherokee Freedman", 64th U.S. Congress, 3rd Session, HR 13199.

Dates: 1918-12-03

Cherry to R. Shleppey, Unknown

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000023240315], Folder: 6
Identifier: 1975.006.2.Cherokee.049
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter from Cherry [?] to Rose Shleppey [?] concerning money appropriated by the Oklahoma Historical Society for a historical marker for Sam Houston and the Cherokees.

Dates: Unknown