United Keetoowah Band Base Roll
The 1949 United Keetoowah Band Base Roll is a tribal roll of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians.
History
The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians was federally recognized as an American Indian tribe by an Act of Congress on August 10th, 1946.[1] All individuals listed on the 1949 UKB Base Roll were identified by an April 19th, 1949 resolution that was certified by the Superintendent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Five Civilized Tribes Agency.[2]
The roll is displayed at the John Hair Cultural Center and Keetoowah Museum in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.[3]
United Keetoowah Band enrollment
In order to be eligible for citizenship in the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, an individual must prove descent from the 1949 UKB Base Roll or the Dawes Rolls and have a blood quantum of at least 1/4th Keetoowah Cherokee.[4][5]
See also
- 1896 Applications for Enrollment, Five Tribes (Overturned)
- Baker Roll
- Cherokee descent
- Dawes Rolls
- Hester Roll
- Guion Miller Roll
- Native American tribal rolls
References
- ^ "Cherokee Ancestry". United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "Tracing American Indian and Alaska Native Ancestry". Bureau of Indian Affairs. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "John Hair Cultural Center and Keetoowah Museum". United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
The 1949 Keetoowah Base Roll is also on display for visitors to the museum who wish to trace their family names.
- ^ "Tribal Enrollment". United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "UKB enrollment requires specific steps". Tahlequah Daily Press. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
External links
- Cherokee Rolls: Keetoowah Base Roll, All Things Cherokee