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Especially numerous was the self-identification of Cherokee ethnic origin, [125] a phenomenon dubbed the "Cherokee Syndrome", where some Americans believe they have a "long-lost Cherokee ancestor" without being able to identify any Cherokee or Native American people in their family tree or among their living relatives.
Thomas Wildcat Alford (July 15, 1860 – August 3, 1938) was an Absentee Shawnee who became one of the first Native Americans to become enrolled in the American school system intended to conform indigenous peoples to the customs of Christian Anglo-Americans. [1]
[1] One reviewer's one-sentence summary is: "This has a lot to offer for a free site, but it's unlikely that you will discover anything new, unless you have a need for Native American resources." [3] This 1999-founded site was described as a "grab-bag of free genealogy records." [4] It is also a source for African-American genealogy. [5]
A Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood or Certificate of Degree of Alaska Native Blood (both abbreviated CDIB) is an official U.S. document that certifies an individual possesses a specific fraction of Native American ancestry of a federally recognized Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community. [1]
The Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act (108 Stat. 4791, 4792) of 1994 establishes three ways for a Native American group to gain federal acknowledgment: (1) through the administrative procedures (FAP) outlined in 25 C.F.R. Part 83, (2) by an Act of Congress, or (3) through a decision issued by a United States court.
John Watts (or Kunokeski; c. 1746/1750–1808), also known as Young Tassel, was one of the leaders of the Chickamauga Cherokee (or "Lower Cherokee") during the Cherokee–American wars. Watts became particularly active in the fighting after frontiersmen murdered his uncle, Old Tassel (1708–1788), [ 1 ] in 1788.
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