History

How to Register or Get your CDIB Card

This is based on the fact that the person providing the following information was born in 1940, for younger individual you will need additional generations. Here is a short check list you might want to look over before submitting your papers. It is a guide to help you, help them!!  When I say you need birth, death and marriage certificates these need to be Official state certified records – not copies. Your full name, address, telephone number and birth certificate, and marriage certificate.  (born 1940) Completed application form (downloadable from the BIA website) for CDIB card. Certificate of Degree of … Read more

History of the Indian Tribes of North America

Hunting the Buffalo

Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, Embellished with one Hundred Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington. Thomas L. McKenney, of the Indian Department, Washington, and James Hall, Esq., of Cincinnati, produced one of the most artistic renditions of Native Americans to be printed. The usage of 100 portraits from the Indian gallery in the War Department provided a visual reference into the style of dress and personal appearance of many leaders of tribes. The biographical sketches and anecdotes should give you an overview into the life of each Indian and their relevance to their tribal affiliation and American culture.

Glossary of Major Muskogean Ethnic Groups, 1550 AD

From Ancient Roots IV: Muskogean Architecture and Town Planning, by Richard Thornton, 2007 [box]Authors Note I started out with Swanton’s Indians of North America and pulled the names of the Muskogean tribes in the Southeast. I then updated what Swanton said to include information from archaeological studies in the sixty years since Swanton wrote his book. I also included the findings from my own research – particularly in the Southern Highlands and Ocmulgee-Altamaha River Basin. Several people of Creek descent from Georgia, Florida and Oklahoma have subsidized my research, because they thought that the current university texts contained many inaccuracies … Read more

Native American Federally Recognized Tribes

Alabama Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama Arizona Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation Cocopah Tribe Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Community of the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation Hopi Tribe Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation Pascua Yaqui Tribe Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation San Juan Southern Paiute … Read more

Sea Captains – Hooper to Humphreys

Baroque Washington

Hooper, Asa Born July 6, 1767. 1780 Seaman “Ship Thorn,” Capt. Richard Cowell. 1801 Schooner “Hope,” 92T 1803 Selectman. 1812 Captain of Privateer Brigantine “Thorn,” captured in 1812. 1816 Schooner “Ardent.” ____ Schooner “Mary.” (Lost G. C.) 1828 Schooner “Teazer.” 1833 Schooner “Daniel Baxter,” 81T. 1806-1812-1814-1823 Representative to the General Court. Commission of Asa Hooper as Captain of the Privateer Brigantine “Thorn” in possession of the Marblehead Historical Society. Hooper, Henry Bpt. July 12,1761. 1799 Schooner “Hannah.” Hooper, Ebenezer Born July 31, 1813. Ship “Duxbury.” Ship “Harriet.” (Lost G. C.) Brigantine “Generous.” Sold in Mozambique in 1836. (Essex Institute Records). … Read more