"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

Blood degrees were unknown concept to Cherokee clans

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-02: Indians II · Page 3.5
Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-02: Indians II
Page 3.5
Material type
Newspaper Clipping (Newspaper / Clipping)
Date
2010-07-01
Description
This article outlines the concept of blood degrees in relation to land allotment and the way that the Dawes Commission was met with resistance.
Author or creator
Will Chavez
Publication or source
Cherokee Phoenix
Subjects and names
Cherokee ancestry, Dawes Roll, Dawes Commission, blood degrees

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