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The goal of this project is to develop accurate and documented genealogical and historical knowledge of the Cherokee, indigenous peoples of North America. Who are the Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ)? (from ) The Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee). Linguistically, they are part of the Ir...
Indian Wars is the name used in the United States to describe a series of conflicts between White settlers or the federal government and the native peoples of North America. (This is a Master Project. We need help with expanding and fleshing out this project!)The wars were the result of the arrival of European colonizers who continuously expanded their territory pushing the indigenous populatio...
Indian Massacres Cultural clashes between European settlers and Natives lasted for over four hundred years, from isolated incidents to large scale, organized wars. If the casualty was a civilian, of any background, our goal is to capture their death in a project on this list of “Indian Massacres.” So please add profiles to the massacre projects listed below; those projects are also found in t...
Introduction and data entry by William Arthur Allen_ Genealogical Reference: Migration Project as a Special Collections Project: This project is designed to meet the criteria of a Geni Special Collections Project per .Purpose: The purpose of this project is to identify names of Potawatomi people who migrated from the USA to Canada shortly after the international boundary was established in acco...
Creek Indian Chiefs and Leaders== Draft 3/23/2011 by Marvin Caulk no special order#Bosomworth, Mary, A noted Creek Indian woman, also known as Mary Mathews and Mary Musgrove#Chekilli#Davis, John#Emistesigo. Known also as Gurister-sigo#Fife#Great Mortar (Yayatustenuggee)#McGillivray, Alexander#Opothleyaholo (properly Hupuehelth Yahólo)#Weatherford, William (known also as Lamochattee, or Red Eagl...
The Tohono O'odham are a Native American people of the Sonoran Desert, residing primarily in the U.S. state of Arizona and the northern Mexican state of Sonora. The federally recognized tribe is known in the United States as the Tohono Oʼodham Nation. The Tohono Oʼodham Nation, or Tohono Oʼodham Indian Reservation, is a major reservation located in southern Arizona, where it encompasses portio...
During the westward expansion of pioneers in the 17th through 19th centuries, thousands of European and African settlers were captured by American Indians. Indians waging war against settlers and other tribes often killed adult men and took women and children captive. These captives were adopted and integrated into tribal society. Their presence helped strengthen the tribe.Settlers in pioneer a...
If you would like to join this project just request to and then please add any Chickasaw Nation Chiefs, Leaders in Tribal Affairs or Government, and Prominent and Influential members both men and women to this project.=Piomingo and Tishomingo== About Piominko=Born near Tupelo, Mississippi, in approximately 1750, Piominko served the Chickasaw people as a leader, diplomat and negotiator during th...
This is a list of Choctaw chiefs as documented by the Choctaw Nation .=Before and during the removal===Historical==*Tchito -- titled Mingo Tchito which just means "big chief." Is this actually an identity or just a generic title?* Shulush Homastubby "Red Shoes" 1729-1747==1800-1857 Apukshunnubbee District (Okla Falaya)==* Apuckshunnubbe before 1801-1824* Robert Cole 1824-1826* Greenwood LeFlore...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is January 18 in 2016. Today we are in the American long weekend that leads to that celebration. This is a special day for genealogists who are tracing relationship paths back through those people with some Native (Indigenous/Indian) heritage and may not know about the Black component of much of that Native heritage. Some of the "Indians" who captured "Whites" had so...
Notables among the Alutiiq and Aleuts of Alaska.The Aleut (Unangax̂) and Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), are south and southwest Alaska, maritime peoples, both with similar cultures and spoken dialects from the same language family, although not mutually intelligible. They are also considered unrelated, although there has been a significant amount of marriages between the groups, resulting in some Alutiiq f...
Location of Fort: Ruddle's Station , on E. bank of South Fork of Licking river, 3 miles below the junction of Hinkston's and Stoner's branches, about 7 miles from Paris, in Bourbon Co.In June 1780... British Captain Henry Bird, leading a force of 250 whites and 850 Indians attacked 300 American settlers who had taken refuge at Ruddle's Station, Kentucky . When Bird's force used cannon against t...
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