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Cooke, Sarah E. and Ramadhyani, Rachel B. Indians and a Changing Frontier. The Art of George Winter. Catalog of the George Winter Collection Located at the Tippecanoe County Historical Association, Lafayette, Indiana. Indiana Historical Society. Indianapolis. 1993. 269 pages. Hardcover. Winter was born in England but later moved to Logansport, Indiana. A prolific painter who concentrated on Potatawomi and Miami subjects, Winter documents these Native Americans during the late 1830's and early 1840's. Price: $39.95Illustrated Atlas of Native American History. Chartwell Books, Inc. Edison, New Jersey. 1999. 272 pages. Hardback.
Traces the movement of North America's native peoples from prehistoric times to the present day. Price: $37.50Indian Trade and Traders
Martin, Calvin. Keepers of the Game: Indian-Animal Relationships and the Fur Trade. University of California Press. Berkeley. 1978. 226 pages. Hardback.
Deals with the complex relationship between Native Americans and animals as it changed through time. According to Martin, the aboriginal ecosystem was destroyed by interaction s with Europeans, causing the relationship between Native Americans and animals into an adversarial relationship. Price: $15.00Trennert, Robert A., Jr. Indian Traders n the Middle Border; the House of Ewing, 1827 - 1854. 71 pages. Hardcover. With Dust Jacket.
Between 1827 and 1854, William G. and George W. Ewing of Fort Wayne, Indiana, were important merchants, real estate brokers, and speculators, as well as professional Indian traders. They dominated trade with the Middle Border tribes, and through its influence in matters of Indian removal, claims cases against the government, and treaty legislation became a potent force in the shaping of American Indian policy. Price: $20.00Turner, Frederick Jackson. The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin. A Study of the Trading Post as an Institution. University of Oklahoma Press. Norman, Oklahoma. 1977. Reprint of the 1891 author's thesis. 92 pages. Hardback.
Trading posts were the first commercial institutions to enter into frontier areas. Their establishment created slow settlement of Native Americans near some posts and inter-tribal rivalries for command of the trade. Price: $15.00Michigan
Survival and Regeneration. Detroit's American Indian Community. By Edmund Jefferson Danziger, jr. Wayne State University Press. 1991. 260 pages. Hardcover. In a search for new opportunities, a growing number of rural Indians journeyed to Detroit after World War II. Cut off from the Bureau of Indian Affairs services, many newcomers had difficulty establishing themselves successfully in the city and experienced feelings of insecurity and powerlessness. During a ten -year period, Danziger interviewed hundreds of Indians about their past and their needs and aspirations for the future, their adjustments to urban life, finding a good job, quality medical care, and maintaining their heritage. Price: $29.95Native American Tribes
1842 Cherokee Claims: Delaware District. Compiled by Marybelle W. Chase. 2 volumes. (volume 1: 328 pages published in 1990. Volume 2: 326 pages published in 1992). Softcover. The 1842 Cherokee Claims were filed by the individual claimant seeking compensation for loss of property that was not included in the property valuations before removal. The claimant and the witness to his claim gave their testimony before the special clerks on claims of each district. The witnesses are usually neighbors in the old Nation or can be related to the claimant. Most claims will indicate the individual’s place of residence in the east before he was removed, name of the head of the detachment of emigration, and where he resided in the Cherokee nation west in 1842. The volumes cover books 1 and 2 of the 5 bound volumes. At the time of this compilation, book 3 was not available for compilation and books 4 and 5 had not yet been published in book form by the compiler. The originals of all of the claims are at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee. Price: $45.001842 Cherokee Claims: Flint District. Compiled by Marybelle W. Chase. 2 volumes. (volume 1: 363 pages published in 1991. Volume 2: 362 pages published in 1992). Softcover.
The 1842 Cherokee Claims were filed by the individual claimant seeking compensation for loss of property that was not included in the property valuations before removal. The claimant and the witness to his claim gave their testimony before the special clerks on claims of each district. The witnesses are usually neighbors in the old Nation or can be related to the claimant. Most claims will indicate the individual’s place of residence in the east before he was removed, name of the head of the detachment of emigration, and where he resided in the Cherokee nation west in 1842. The original records were written in seven bound volumes. However, volume 7 is missing. The printed volume 1 covers materials in the bound volume 1 and part of volume 2. The second printed volume covers the remainder of the original book 2 as well as all of book 3 and part of book 4. At the time of the publishing of these two books, the remaining volumes had not yet been transcribed. The originals of all of the claims are at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee. Price: $50.001842 Cherokee Claims: Skin Bayou District. Compiled by Marybelle W. Chase. Published in 1988. 253 pages.. Softcover.
The 1842 Cherokee Claims were filed by the individual claimant seeking compensation for loss of property that was not included in the property valuations before removal. The claimant and the witness to his claim gave their testimony before the special clerks on claims of each district. The witnesses are usually neighbors in the old Nation or can be related to the claimant. Most claims will indicate the individual’s place of residence in the east before he was removed, name of the head of the detachment of emigration, and where he resided in the Cherokee nation west in 1842 The originals of all of the claims are at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee. Price: $20.001851 Cherokee Old Settlers Annuity Roll. Transcribed by Marybelle W. Chase. 1993. 132 pages. Softcover.
This work is an abstract of the 1851 Cherokee Old Settlers Annuity Roll which is in Record Group 75 of the National Archives. After the removal time of 1838 - 1839, a treaty was entered into with the United States government for the settlement of claims against the goverment for land lost in the east. The Old Settler Cherokees in order to be paid were required to make a census of the people entitled to payment. In an 1851 council, the Old Settlers decided to "take all that are now living, including the latest births and rejecting the dead". The information includes names of white parents, a list of minors and orphan children, listing of individuals not present at the time of payment, etc. Price: $18.00Index to Payment Roll for Old Settler Cherokee, 1896. Transcribed by Marybell W. Chase. 1989. 41 pages. Softcover.
This index was transcribed from rolls of Bureau of Indiana Affairs microfilm No. T-985. It corresponds to the names found in the census roll of persons eligible for payment. Entries are arranged by agency pay number. It is in two parts, each arranged alphabetically by either surname or Indian name. The first part lists the names of those persons who were alive at the time of payment. The second part lists the name of those who were deceased and whose heirs were paid. Price: $7.50 Mooney, James. History, Myths and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees. Containing the full texts of Myths of the Cherokee (1900) and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees (1891) as published by theBureau of American Ethnology with a new Biographical Introduction by George Ellison. Historical Images. 1992. 397 pages. Softcover. Sharpe, J. Ed. The Cherokees, Past and Present. An Authentic Guide to the Cherokee People. Cherokee Publications. 1970. 32 pages. Softcover.
Price: $4.00 Underwood, Tom. The Story of the Cherokee People. Cherokee Publications. 1961. 48 pages. Softcover.
Price: $4.50 Blankenship. Bob. Cherokee Roots. Vol. 1: Eastern Cherokee Rolls. Members of the Cherokee Tribe Residing East of the Mississippi River during the Period 1817 - 1924. Bob Blankenship. 1992. 2nd edition. 164 pages. Softcover. Price: $15.00 Blankenship, Bob. Cherokee Roots: Vol. 2: Western Cherokee Rolls. A Listing of the Memberss of the Cherokee Tribe Residing West of the Mssissippi River. The Old Settler Rolls and Combination Index of the Guion Miller and Dawes Rolls are Included. Drennen Roll Family Names are Indexed. .Bob Blankenshp. 3rd edition. 1992. Softcover. Price: $18.00 Blankenship. Bob. Dawes Roll "Plus" of Cherokee Nation "1898". Cherokee Roots. No date. 216 pages. Spiral Binding. The 1898 Dawes Roll plus Guion Miller roll information for those that were on both rolls. One can look forward in time fron 1898 to the 1906 Guion Miller Roll and see such things as a 1906 Surname change brought about by marriage, divorce, or adoption.
Price: $25.00 Blankenship, Bob. 1924 Baker Roll. The Final Roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. Cherokee Roots. 1998. 262 pages plus appendices. Plastic Comb Binding. The official base roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians compiled and approved by Fred A. Baker pursuant to an Act of Congress, June 4, 1924. Price: $35.00 McClure, Tony Mack. Cherokee Proud. A Guide for Tracing and Honoring Your Cherokee Ancestors. Chunannee Books. 2000. 308 pages. Softcover. Valuable information for anyone researching Cherokee genealogy.
Price: $22.95 Reed, Marcelina. Seven Clans of the Cherokee Society. Cherokee Publications. 32 pages. Softcover.
Price: $4.00 Mooney, Thomas G. Exploring Your Cherokee Ancestry. A Basic Genealogical Research Guide. Cherokee National Historical Society. 61 pages plus several unnumbered pages. Softcover. Provides a basic source manual of resource materials for researching Cherokee genealogy. Price: $12.00 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Genealogy Workbook. Cherokee Publications. 1998. 28 pages. Softcover. Guides you in preparing a family tree of your Cherokee ancestors.
Price: $5.95Delaware
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Smith, Timothy S. Missisonary Abominations Unmasked: Or, a View of Carey Mission. Containing an Unmasking of the Missionary Abominations, Practiced Among the Indians of the St. Joseph Country, At the Celebrated Missionary Establishment, Known as Carey Mission, Under the Superintendance of the Rev. Isaac M'Coy. Michiana History Publications. South Bend, Indiana. 1996 reprint of 1833 edition originally published in South Bend by the Beacon Office. 16 pages. Softcover. Smith was a former Ottawa Indian trader who moved to the St. Joseph Country (i.e. the South Bend, Indiana - Niles, Michigan area) around 1826. He later served as a lighthouse keeper in Michigan. Smith mentions several incidents involving McCoy and his assistant and their treatment of the Potawatomi living at the mission. Smith began writing this pamphlet just as McCoy was beginning to remove his mission to Kansas. Whether or not the incidents are true is not known, but Smith was a well respected citizen. Price: $3.00 The Saukie Indians and Their Great Chiefs Black Hawk and Keokuk. By Amer Mills Stocking Samp-we-te-oh, a Descendant of the Wampanoags. Vaile Company. 1926. 299 pages. Hardcover. A very interesting historical background of the tribe, given in standard verse poetry instead of plain text. Price: $45.00Shawnee
Gilbert, Bill. God Gave Us This Country. Tekamthi and the First American Civil War. Atheneum. New York. 1989. 369 pages. Hardback. An absorbing biography and chronicle of Tecumseh, providing a panoramic view of the events and people who shaped the chaotic and critical period of the Ohio Valley at the turn of the nineteenth century. Price: $15.00Sioux
Connell, Evan S. Son of the Morning Star. North Point Press. San Francisco. 1984. 441 pages. Hardcover. No dust jacket.
An account of George Armstrong Custer's campaign against the Sioux , and the result of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Price: $10.00