Dawes Cards and Indian Census Data

Melinda Miller

Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 2015, vol. 48, issue 4, 214-229

Abstract: After the passage of the Curtis Act in 1898, a Federal government commission was sent to Indian Territory to compile a descriptive list of citizens of the Five Civilized Tribes. The commissioners personally interviewed every tribal applicant. Key pieces of information, such as name, age, sex, tribal enrollment, and lineage, were recorded on cards. These interviews and cards provide an incredible level of detail about life among the Five Tribes at the turn of the century. The author describes the enrollment process in order to introduce social scientists to this unique resource. To demonstrate how the cards can be a valuable resource, she discusses a census sample that links Cherokee freedmen families across 40 years and three censuses. She then uses this data to analyze the consistency of the Dawes enrollment process.

Date: 2015
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