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In an effort to help you locate printed sources pertaining to the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma] that have data and not specific to an Oklahoma county I will begin a list here. Feel free to send information you have on sources.

Author, Transcriber, Other

1842 Cherokee Claims, Tahlequah District M. W. Chase, 1989

1880 Cherokee Nation Census description Barbara Benge, 2000

1896 Census of Freedmen off site link

1898-1914 Dawes Commission Index

1890 Indian Census of the Cherokee Nation: Cooweescoowee District, Delaware District, Saline District Constance A. Schofield, 1998

1890 Cherokee Nation Census description Barbara Benge, 2000

Cherokee By Blood Vol. 1-8 description Jerry Wright Jordan, 1987

Cherokee Citizenship Docket Book 1880-1884, 1887-1889 full transcription of many cases brought on the Cherokee Nation regarding rights of citizens trying to prove heritage Jeff Bowen

Cherokee Nation 1890 Census: Index of Persons Living Under Permit In The Coo-Wee-Scoo-Wee and Delaware Districts Rosalie Wagner, compiler; NE Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1986

Cherokee Nation Births and Deaths 1884-1902 abstracts from Indian Chieftain Newspapers transcribed by Dixie Bogle and Dorothy Nix

Cherokee Nation Marriages 1869-1898 and 1884-1901 appears to be a series of books Dorothy Nix

Cherokee Nation Marriages 1884-1902 abstracts from Indian Chieftain Newspapers transcribed by Dixie Bogle and Dorothy Nix

Cherokee Nation Births and Deaths 1884-1901, abstracted from Indian Chieftain Dixie Bogle Woodard, complier; Craig County Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1980

Cherokee Nation Master Index Dorothy Nix; Craig County Genealogical Society, 1997

Cherokee Recollections: The Story of the Indian Woman’s Pocahontas Club and Its Members in the Cherokee Nation and Oklahoma Beginning In 1899 DuPriest, Maude Ward; Bard, Jennie May; and Graham, Anna Foreman, 1976

Cherokee Research Checklist Gross, Kristi Lake, compiler; privately printed, 1989

Cherokee Roots Vol. I & II Bob Blankenship

[Dawes] Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 original applications for tribal enrollments under the act of June 28, 1898

Dawes Roll Plus of Cherokee Nation 1898 Bob Blankenship

Descendents of Nancy Ward David Keith Hampton

The Five Civilized Tribes: A Bibliography of the Collection In The Oklahoma Historical Society Huffman, Mary, compiler; Oklahoma Historical Society, 1996

Genealogy of the Cherokee Indians Emmet Starr

Guion Miller Roll Plus Bob Blankenship, 1994

Guion Miller Roll - Extract of Rejected Applications extracts of rejected applications from the first 195 rolls of microfilm [description] Jo Ann Curls Page, 1999

Guion Miller Roll - African-Cherokee Connections reconstructed families from the Miller Roll [description] Billy Dubois Edgington, 2002

History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore off site link Emmet Starr, 1921

Index to the Cherokee Freedmen Enrollment Cards of the Dawes Commission, 1901-1906 Jo Ann Curls Page, 1996

Indians and Intruders Vol. 1 description Sharron Standifer Ashton, 1996

Indians and Intruders Vol. 2 description Sharron Standifer Ashton, 1997

Indians and Intruders Vol. 3 description Sharron Standifer Ashton, 1998

Indians and Intruders Vol. 4 description Sharron Standifer Ashton, 2000

Marriage Among Cherokees Alma Hutchins

Miller Roll
see Guion Miller

Our People and Where They Rest multiple volumes covering many many cemeteries in various counties James W. Tyner and Timmons, Alice Tyner

Probate Records 1892-1904 Northern District Cherokee Nation Orpha Jewell Weaver, NE Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1982

Probate Records 1904-1908 Northern District Cherokee Nation Orpha Jewell Weaver, NE Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1982

Unhallowed Intrusion: A History of Cherokee Families In Forsyth County, Georgia many of these families, or their descendants, came to IT Don L. Shadburn, 1993

Western Cherokees or possibly Cherokee West insight into thoughts of the Western Cherokee and also provides valuable time line information Emmet Starr

Libraries

University of Oklahoma Libraries - Norman
Western History Collection - Cherokee brief descriptions of the Native American manuscript collections at the Western History Collections open to public research; on-site and written inquires welcome

University of Tulsa
McFarlin Library
Tulsa OK Native American Collections

Cherokee Heritage Center
Tahlequah, OK

Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma City, OK Archives

		Author, Transcriber, Other
1842 Cherokee Claims, Tahlequah District		M. W. Chase, 1989
1880 Cherokee Nation Census	description	Barbara Benge, 2000
1896 Census of Freedmen	off site link
1898-1914 Dawes Commission Index
1890 Indian Census of the Cherokee Nation: Cooweescoowee District, Delaware District, Saline District		Constance A. Schofield, 1998
1890 Cherokee Nation Census	description	Barbara Benge, 2000

Cherokee By Blood Vol. 1-8	description	Jerry Wright Jordan, 1987
Cherokee Citizenship Docket Book 1880-1884, 1887-1889	full transcription of many cases brought on the Cherokee Nation regarding rights of citizens trying to prove heritage	Jeff Bowen
Cherokee Nation 1890 Census: Index of Persons Living Under Permit In The Coo-Wee-Scoo-Wee and Delaware Districts		Rosalie Wagner, compiler; NE Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1986
Cherokee Nation Births and Deaths 1884-1902	abstracts from Indian Chieftain Newspapers	transcribed by Dixie Bogle and Dorothy Nix
Cherokee Nation Marriages 1869-1898 and 1884-1901	appears to be a series of books	Dorothy Nix
Cherokee Nation Marriages 1884-1902	abstracts from Indian Chieftain Newspapers	transcribed by Dixie Bogle and Dorothy Nix
Cherokee Nation Births and Deaths 1884-1901, abstracted from Indian Chieftain		Dixie Bogle Woodard, complier; Craig County Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1980
Cherokee Nation Master Index		Dorothy Nix; Craig County Genealogical Society, 1997
Cherokee Recollections: The Story of the Indian Woman’s Pocahontas Club and Its Members in the Cherokee Nation and Oklahoma Beginning In 1899		DuPriest, Maude Ward; Bard, Jennie May; and Graham, Anna Foreman, 1976
Cherokee Research Checklist		Gross, Kristi Lake, compiler; privately printed, 1989
Cherokee Roots Vol. I & II		Bob Blankenship
[Dawes] Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914	original applications for tribal enrollments under the act of June 28, 1898
Dawes Roll Plus of Cherokee Nation 1898		Bob Blankenship
Descendents of Nancy Ward		David Keith Hampton
The Five Civilized Tribes: A Bibliography of the Collection In The Oklahoma Historical Society		Huffman, Mary, compiler; Oklahoma Historical Society, 1996
Genealogy of the Cherokee Indians		Emmet Starr
Guion Miller Roll Plus		Bob Blankenship, 1994
Guion Miller Roll - Extract of Rejected Applications	extracts of rejected applications from the first 195 rolls of microfilm [description]	Jo Ann Curls Page, 1999
Guion Miller Roll - African-Cherokee Connections	reconstructed families from the Miller Roll [description]	Billy Dubois Edgington, 2002
History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore	off site link	Emmet Starr, 1921
Index to the Cherokee Freedmen Enrollment Cards of the Dawes Commission, 1901-1906		Jo Ann Curls Page, 1996
Indians and Intruders Vol. 1	description	Sharron Standifer Ashton, 1996
Indians and Intruders Vol. 2	description	Sharron Standifer Ashton, 1997
Indians and Intruders Vol. 3	description	Sharron Standifer Ashton, 1998
Indians and Intruders Vol. 4	description	Sharron Standifer Ashton, 2000
Marriage Among Cherokees		Alma Hutchins
Miller Roll see Guion Miller
Our People and Where They Rest	multiple volumes covering many many cemeteries in various counties	James W. Tyner and Timmons, Alice Tyner
Probate Records 1892-1904 Northern District Cherokee Nation		Orpha Jewell Weaver, NE Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1982
Probate Records 1904-1908 Northern District Cherokee Nation		Orpha Jewell Weaver, NE Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1982

Unhallowed Intrusion: A History of Cherokee Families In Forsyth County, Georgia	many of these families, or their descendants, came to IT	Don L. Shadburn, 1993
Western Cherokees or possibly Cherokee West	insight into thoughts of the Western Cherokee and also provides valuable time line information	Emmet Starr

Libraries
University of Oklahoma Libraries - Norman Western History Collection - Cherokee	brief descriptions of the Native American manuscript collections at the Western History Collections	open to public research; on-site and written inquires welcome
University of Tulsa McFarlin Library Tulsa OK	Native American Collections
Cherokee Heritage Center Tahlequah, OK
Oklahoma Historical Society Oklahoma City, OK	Archives