This photo is identified as “Light Horsemen Guarding the Cherokee Outlet Payment At Fort Gibson, Indian Territory. Photo By Macurdy Photo Co., Lehigh, Indian Territory.” The Lighthorse were early Indian law enforcement officers who answered to the tribal authorities. While we are all familiar with the portraits of Native Americans taken…
Tracking the migration of names through marriage and adoption is a common challenge faced by all family historians. Locating and understanding the names of Native…
One of the go-to tools for the genealogist/family historian is the population census. The U.S. Federal Census is the first tool I reach for when…
Everyone is familiar with the multitude of devices equipped with a Global Positioning System. The Global Positioning System helps keep us on course and avoid…
Newspapers have played an important role in documenting and shaping this nation since the time of the Revolutionary War. For many generations, the newspaper was…
There are a number of problems with using DNA as the sole means of trying to identify Native American ancestry. While one certainly wouldn’t know…
When I give presentations on researching Native American ancestry, there are three ‘w’s that I list as being key to an accurate search. The second…
Of the sources and resources that exist for exploring Native American history and genealogy, perhaps none is so quoted and yet so misunderstood as the…
