Sunday, August 8, 2010

Story of an Old Negro Settlement, on the Edge of Indian Territory

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Negro Settlement 1885 Source:  Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior, General Land Office, 1885 While looking at a number of old m...
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Choctaw Nation & African Inter-Marriage Prohibition

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In the years after the Treaty of 1866, there were many issues facing the former African slaves in Indian Territory.  In the Choctaw Natio...
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Old Newspapers Tell The Stories

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Researching ancestors and their stories requires utilizing resources that come from the region where our ancestors lived. In other words---...
Friday, July 9, 2010

Photo of Two Original Dawes Enrollees Found in Arizona

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Thomas Stevenson with son Houston and Grandsons, Jessie & Sylvester ( The elder gentleman Thomas (2nd from Left and son Houston 2nd...
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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Earliest List of Slaves from Indian Territory Found in Rare Letter

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Heading of letter written to the Ft. Smith, Arkansas Freedman's Bureau October 1865 Intro to Letter of October 1865, seeking help f...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

High School Life in Oklahoma Black Communities

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  Pages from Souvenir Booklet from combined  school event from participating black high schools in 1950, Muskogee County, Oklahoma When we ...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Let My People Go! An Appeal to the Ft. Smith Freedman's Bureau Field Office

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Old Commissary Bldg. Ft. Smith Arkansas Field Office Freedman's Bureau (Library of Congress) A good friend and colleague of mine from H...
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