Laws Affecting the Five Civilized Tribes

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This book provides information on many of the laws used by the The Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Department of the Interior.  You will find most of this information useful in your research.  There are many names in part 3 and 4 with actual cases listed there.

• Part 1.

• Legislation and Agreements:

  • Act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. L., 645)

  • Act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. L., 939)

  • Act of June 10, 1896 (29 Stat. L., 321)

  • Act of June 7, 1897 (30 Stat. L., 83)

  • Act of June 28, 1898 (30 Stat. L , 495)

    • Curtis Act

      • Section 1-14

      • Section 15-29

      • Allotment of Lands

      • Members Titles to Lands

      • Railroads

      • Town Sites

      • Orphan Lands

      • Witness at Atoka, Indian Territory

  • Act of July 1, 1898 (30 Stat. L., 591)

  • Agreement with Seminoles, concluded December 16, 1897, approved by Congress July 1, 1898 (30 Stat. L.,567)

  • Act of March 1, 1899 (30 Stat. L, 939)

  • Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. L., 1233)--Deficiency Bill, To begin Allotments

  • Act of May 31, 1900 (31 Stat. L., 221)

  • Agreement with Seminoles, concluded October 7, 1899, approved by Congress June 2, 1900 (31 Stat. L., 250)

  • Act of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 1073)

  • Agreement with Creeks, approved March 1, 1901, and ratified by Creeks May 25, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861)

    • Definitions (Section 1)

    • General Allotment Of Lands (Section 2-9)

    • Town Sites (Section 10-22)

    • Titles (Section 23)

    • Reservations (Section 24)

    • Municipal Corporations (Section 25)

    • Claims (Section 26)

    • Funds Of The Tribe (Section 27)

    • Rolls Of Citizenship (Section 28-29)

    • Miscellaneous (Section 30-47)

  • Act of February 28, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 43)

  • Appropriation Act of May 27, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 245)

  • Agreement with Creeks, approved by Congress June 30, 1902, and ratified by Creeks July 26, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 500)

    • Definitions (Section 1)

    • Allotment of Lands (Section 2-5)

    • Descent and Distribution (Section 6)

    • Rolls Of Citizenship (Section 7-9)

    • Roads (Section 10-11)

    • Cemeteries (Section 12-13)

    • Miscellaneous (Section 14-22)

  • Agreement with Choctaws and Chickasaws, approved by Congress July 1, 1902, and ratified by Choctaws and Chickasaws September 25, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 641)

    • Definitions (Sections 1-8)

    • Appraisement of Lands (Sections 9-10)

    • Allotment of Lands (Sections 11-24)

    • Excessive Holdings (Section 25)

    • Reservations (Section 26)

    • Rolls of Citizenship (Section 27-36)

    • Chickasaw Freedmen (Section 37-40)

    • Mississippi Choctaw (Section 41-44)

    • Town Sites (Section 45-54)

    • Municipal Corporations (Section 55)

    • Coal and Asphalt (Section 56-63)

    • Sulphur Springs (Section 64)

    • Miscellaneous (Section 65-74)

  • Agreement with Cherokees, approved by Congress July 1, 1902, and ratified by Cherokees August 7, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 716)

    • Definition of Words Employed Herein (Section 1-8)

    • Appraisement of Lands (Section 9-10)

    • Allotment of Lands (Section 11-23)

    • Reservations (Section 24)

    • Roll Of Citizenship (Section 25-31)

    • Schools (Section 32-36)

    • Roads (Section 37)

    • Town Sites (Section 38-57)

    • Titles (Section 58-62)

    • Miscellaneous (Section 63-75)

  • Appropriation Act of March 3, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 982)

  • Act of April 21, 1904 (33 Stat. L., 189)

  • Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. L., 573)

  • Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. L., 544)

  • Act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. L., 1060)

    • Choctaws

    • Seminoles

    • Miscellaneous

  • Joint resolution extending the tribal existence of the Government of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory, public resolution No. 7, approved March 2, 1906

  • Act of April 26, 1906 (public No. 129)

    • Section 1-15

    • Section 16-29

  • Act of June 21, 1906 (public No. 258)

    • Indian Territory

    • Inspector

    • Schools

    • Five Civilized Tribes

    • Choctaws (Treaty.)

    • Seminoles (Treaty.)

  • Seminole Town Site act, passed by the Seminole Council and approved April 23, 1897

• Part 2.

• Decisions of the Department of the Interior Rendered in Certain Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherokee Enrollment Cases

  • Choctaw and Chickasaw nations:

    • Buckholts, James M., et al

    • Coleman, Richard B., et al

      • Involving the conclusiveness of right to enrollment of persons admitted to citizenship by the acts of the Choctaw council.

    • Thompson, William C.

    • Long, James S., et al

      • Relative to enrollment by revisory board of the Choctaw Nation subsequent to October 10, 1896.

    • Pearce, Thornton D

      • Relative to intermarried citizens marrying out.

    • Jones, Ella

      • Relative to marriage of white woman to citizen of the Choctaw Nation residing in the Chickasaw Nation.

    • McMenamin, Emma

      • Relative to marriage of white persons to intermarried citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations.

    • Adams, Wiley

    • McCoy, Clay

    • Vaughan, Benjamin J., et al

    • West, Loula, et al

      • Involving the question of jurisdiction of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes in 1896.

    • Martin, Mary Elizabeth

      • Involving the right to enrollment of white children of intermarried citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations.

    • Perry, Joe and Dillard

      • Relative to transfer of names from the rolls of Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen to the rolls of citizens by blood of said nations.

  • Creek Nation:

    • London, Frank, et al

      • Relative to status of applicants for Creek citizenship whose names have been stricken from 1895 roll by "committee of eighteen."

    • Durant, William

      • General rule of statutory construction as applied to act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. L., 1060)

    • Lewis, Rosella

      • Act of March 3, 1905, does not extend time for making application for claimants born prior to May 25, 1901.

  • Cherokee Nation:

    • Welcome, Lemuel

      • Citizenship in the Cherokee Nation not acquired by intermarriage with Cherokee freedmen.

    • Bowers, Belle Z

      • Relative to the jurisdiction of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes under the act of June 10, 1896.

    • Ward, Clara A

      • Relative to expatriation under the provisions of section 2, article 1, Cherokee constitution.

    • Lasley, Thomas J., et al

      • Commissioner not concluded by judgment of the United States district court, admitting appellants to Cherokee citizenship where such judgment was obtained by fraud.

    • Riley, Mary Ann, et al

      • Relative to the force and effect to be given to the Kern-Clifton enrollment.

    • Still, Harry

      • Force and effect to be given decree of supreme court of the Cherokee Nation.

    • Rogers, Stonewall J.

      • Minor's citizenship not forfeited by failure of parent to comply with act of Cherokee Council approved December 4, 1894.

    • Strickland, Mary, et al

      • Paragraph 9, section 21, of the act of Congress approved June 28, 1898 (30 Stat. L., 495), applicable to minors and adults alike.

• Part 3.

  • Digest of Decisions rendered by the Department Of The Interior and The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs from July 1, 1904, to May 31, 1906, Inclusive, Upon appeals from the decisions of The Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes and The Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes in Allotment Contest Cases.

• Part 4.

  • Statement showing the disposition and present status of Allotment Contest Cases appealed from the decisions of The Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes and Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes and in which decisions on said appeals have been rendered from July 1, 1904, To May 31, 1906, Inclusive

    • Creek

    • Cherokee

    • Choctaw

    • Chickasaw

• Part 5.

  • Rules of practice in Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee Allotment Contest Cases

• Part 6.

  • Regulations governing the Recognition of Agents and Attorneys before the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes and Land Offices established by said Commission

• Part 7.

  • Choctaw and Chickasaw Enrollment Cases: (Regulations of Commissioner of January 2, 1906, Relative to petitions for rehearing under The Loula West, Mary Elizabeth Martin, And Joe and Dillard Perry Enrollment Cases

• Part 8.

  • Regulations governing the unrestricted alienation of lands for Town Site purposes in Indian Territory, prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior

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Laws, Decisions and Regulations Affecting the work of the Commissioners to Five Civilized Tribes, 1893-1906, Copyright 1906

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