Tribal Genealogy Research Collections – Page 2 of 2

Cherokee Indian Research

A powerful detached tribe of the Iroquoian family, formerly holding the whole mountain region of the south Alleghenies, in southwest Virginia, western North Carolina and South Carolina, north Georgia, east Tennessee, and northeast Alabama, and claiming even to the Ohio River. Archives, Libraries and Genealogy Societies The Cherokee Citizens League of Southeast Texas, Home of the Cherokee Messenger (hosted at Powersource) Oklahoma Historical Society Cherokee Indian Biographies Tooan Tuh or Spring Frog, Cherokee Chief John Ross, Cherokee Chief Sequoyah or George Guess (Gist), Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet Tahchee, Cherokee Chief Major Ridge, Cherokee Chief John Ridge, Cherokee Interpreter Biographies … Read more

Caddo Indian Research

These resources should assist your in your Caddo Indian research. Most of the links feature content found on AccessGenealogy and it’s sister sites, however some of these are offsite resources of which AccessGenealogy has no relationship other then we value the content we link to for the quality of it’s information. If you know of a quality website which we haven’t featured on the Caddo tribe then please feel free to submit them through the comments at the bottom of the page.

Blackfeet Indian Research

Siksika (‘black feet’, from siksinam ‘black’, ka the root of oqkatsh, ‘foot’. The origin of the name is disputed, but it is commonly believed to have reference to the discoloring of their moccasins by the ashes of the prairie fires; it may possibly have reference to black-painted moccasins such as were worn by the Pawnee, Sihasapa, and other tribes). An important Algonquian confederacy of the northern plains, consisting of three subtribes, the Siksika proper or Blackfeet, the Kainah or Bloods, and the Piegan, the whole body being popularly known as Blackfeet. In close alliance with these are the Atsina and … Read more

Assiniboin Indian Research

Assiniboin Indians (Chippewa: ŭ’sini, stone’ ŭ’pwäwa ‘he cooks by roasting’: ‘one who cooks by the use of stones.’-W. J.). A large Siouan tribe, originally constituting a part of the Yanktonai. Their separation from the parent stem, to judge by the slight dialectal difference in the language, could not have greatly preceded the appearance of the whites, but it must have taken place before 1640, as the Jesuit Relation for that year mentions the Assiniboin as distinct. The Relation of 1658 places them in the vicinity of Lake Alimibeg, between Lake Superior and Hudson bay. On Jefferys’ map of 1762 this … Read more

Apache Indian Research

Apache Indians (probably from ápachu, ‘enemy,’ the Zuñi name for the Navaho, who were designated “Apaches de Nabaju” by the early Spaniards in New Mexico). A number of tribes forming the most southerly group of the Athapascan family. The name has been applied also to some unrelated Yuman tribes, as the Apache Mohave (Yavapai) and Apache Yuma. The Apache call themselves N’de, Dĭnë, Tĭnde, or Inde, `people.’ Read more about the Apache Tribe History. Archives, Libraries, and Societies Museum of New Mexico Apache Cultural Center & Museum (hosted at White Mountain Apache Tribe Apache Indian Biography Indian Chiefs and Leaders … Read more

Algonquian Indian Research

Algonquian Family (adapted from the name of the Algonkin tribe). A linguistic stock which formerly occupied a more extended area than any other in North America. Their territory reached from the east shore of Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains and front Churchill River to Pamlico Sound. The east parts of this territory were separated by an area occupied by Iroquoian tribes.Read more about the Algonquian Indian History. Archives, Libraries, and Societies Archives Massachusetts State Archives Microfilm Card Index (hosted at Massachusetts State Archives Microfilm Card Index) Algonquian Indian Biography Gertrude “Anahareo” Bernard (hosted at Past Forward) Wanchese, Algonquian Indian (hosted … Read more