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Tribal histories, tribal directories, and genealogy resources specific to individual tribes, including Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and more.

The African-Native American Genealogy Web Page
Celebrating Omaha's Black Indians and all 40,000+ Freedmen of Indian Territory and their hundreds of thousands of descendants!

American Indian Tribal Directory
Directory of Federally recognized American Indian tribes.

Cherokee Ancestry
Resources for Cherokee genealogy including how to research your Cherokee ancestry; information on publications, census microfilm, Dawes rolls, Baker rolls, Guion Miller rolls, etc.; information on the various categories of people with Cherokee ancestry; and more!

Cheyenne Genealogy Research
Information on the history, culture, and genealogy of the Cheyenne tribe.  There are also a few transcribed cemetery and census records available.  This page contains several broken links.

Chickasaw Historical Research Page
Documents pertaining to the genealogy and history of the Chickasaw Nation including tribal rolls, census, letters, government records, bible entries, etc.

Chickasaw Nation - USGenWeb
This page for the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory contains history, queries, lookups, links to genealogy resources for Oklahoma Counties created from the Chickasaw Nation, and general Oklahoma genealogy resources.

Chahta - Choctaw Genealogy
This site includes a lot of information on Choctaw genealogy - lookup volunteers, surname lists, census, obituaries, rolls, legends, descriptions of traditional dress, family group sheets, and more!

Choctaw Family Research
A message board devoted to genealogy queries for Choctaw researchers.

Choctaw Nation History
History, political structure, and economics of the Choctaw tribe from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Web site.

Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Entities
A list of federally recognized tribes within the contiguous 48 states eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs.  You can view the list for Alaska here.  From Native American Links.

Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma
This excellent USGenWeb page contains a history of the Creeks, the principal chiefs, towns, Creek Nation settlements in OK after the Civil War, court records, queries, and "Records of Intruders and Non-Citizens in Creek Nation, 1875-1897.

Native American Tribal Histories
When complete these Histories will encompass approximately 240 tribal histories (contact to 1900) in the lower 48 states of the U.S.  Presently all tribes in the Northeast are complete as well as about 8 tribes from other areas of the U.S.

Oneida Indian Ancestry
This site, by Oneida Nation citizen William Sommers Quistorf, is very useful because it explains which online databases contain information on Oneida tribes (U.S. and Canada) and how to find the information.  The site also offers biographies, off-line resources, and a list of Oneida family researchers.

People of the Three Fires
Genealogy information on the Chippewa (Ojibwa), Ottawa, and Potawatomi tribes of Michigan, including words for family in each native language, surnames, queries, histories, and a few databases such as census information.

Tribes-By-State Map Index
Click on a State to find information on the tribes/reservations of the area including history, timelines, facts, government, photos, etc.  Also includes listings for the area offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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