Category Archives: Osage

American Indian Records on Ancestry

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Roberta Estes

Recently Ancestry.com added several sets of American Indian records to their collection, and some are free. This link should take you directly to the American Indian Collection search function at Ancestry. This collection includes the following data bases:

Posted in Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Five Civilized Tribes, Freedmen, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Osage, Research, Resources, Seminole | 5 Comments

Stand Watie, Cherokee

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Roberta Estes

Stand Watie (December 12, 1806 – September 9, 1871; also known as Standhope Uwatie, Degataga (Cherokee: ᏕᎦᏔᎦ), meaning “stand firm”, and Isaac S. Watie) was a leader of the Cherokee Nation and a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army … Continue reading →

Posted in Cherokee, Choctaw, Military, Muscogee, Osage, Seminole | 4 Comments

Charles “Indian Charley” Curtis – 1st Native American in the White House

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Roberta Estes

Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States … Continue reading →

Posted in Cheyenne, Kaw, Osage, Potawatomi | 4 Comments

Indians in Missouri

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Missouri at one time hosted several Native tribes, but today, none remain. The Illini, Missouri, Osage and Quapaw were the primary tribes with the Chickasaw occupying the far southeast corner, the Ioway the northern border and the Otoe the far northwest … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickasaw, Illini, Ioway, Missouria, Osage, Otoe, Quapaw | 2 Comments

Oto Indians

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Once again, the Carlisle records provided the name of a tribe I hadn’t seen before, the Oto Indians. The painting above by Karl Bodmer shows the Missouri, the Oto and the Chief of the Puncas (Ponca) circa 1840-1843. The Otoe, or … Continue reading →