On February 8, 1887, U.S. President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes Act into law ... It applied to all Indian nations, with exceptions in the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Osage, ...
There are three federally recognized Cherokee tribes: the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians ... ancestor listed on the “Dawes Roll” Final Rolls of Citizens ...