Native american ancestry

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Understand how to use the Dawes Rolls to research your American Indian ancestors.

If you suspect you may have Native American roots based on family stories, here are five tips that may help you prove your claim.

You left one off and that is the LUMBEE INDIANS. Please make a correction.!!!!!!! There are over 100 tribes and areas of Native American peoples. Each group has their own traditions and stories. (Thompson 1929) (Bright 1978) (Erdoes and Ortiz 1998) A sample of these tribes include: Abanaki Arapaho hi Arikara (Coyote Races Buffalo) Arizona Tewa Assiniboin Athapascan Bella Coola Biloxi Blackfoot Cherokee Cheyenne Chilcotin Choctaw chipawah Cocopa Columbian Salish Comanche Cree Crow Eastern…

Since I wrote my last article on Pocahontas I have received dozens of emails and telephone calls from people asking this question. Here's my answer.

“It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.” – Apache 15 Native American Proverbs That Will Speak To Your Soul

You might notice that this article is in place of my normal 52 Ancestors article I publish every weekend. That’s because I didn’t get this week’s article finished. Sometimes life just gets in the …

Aaron Carapella couldn't find a map showing the original names and locations of Native American tribes as they existed before contact with Europeans. That's why the Oklahoma man designed his own map.

As you’ve likely figured out by now, tracing your Indian heritage requires a lot of work. You may end up having to do a lot more work than you had %