The Baker Roll of the
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), (Cherokee language, Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᏱ ᏕᏣᏓᏂᎸᎩ, ''Tsalagiyi Detsadanilvgi'') is a List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States, federally recognized Indian Tribe, ...
was created by the Eastern Cherokee Enrolling Commission after it was commissioned by the United States Congress on June 4, 1924. The purpose of the Baker Roll was to collect and compile data from older Eastern Cherokee censuses and determine tribal affiliation. The roll is named after Special Agent Fred A. Baker.
Eastern Band Cherokee enrollment
In order for a person to be or become a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, they must:
# Have a direct lineal ancestor who appears on the Baker Roll of 1924.
# Have a blood quantum of at least 1/16th Eastern Band Cherokee ancestry.
Blood quantum is traced from the ancestor listed on the 1924 Baker Roll. A person with a blood quantum of less than 1/16th is an Eastern Band Cherokee descendant, but not a tribal citizen. The Eastern Band Cherokee nation does not allow DNA testing to be used to determine tribal citizenship, unless the test is to determine parentage. Individuals who are not citizens of the Eastern Band but who believe they have Eastern Band heritage can fill out a Baker Roll search form with the Eastern Band's tribal enrollment office. The form must list the applicant's ancestors as well as their dates of birth and death. Applicants must also submit a DNA test to prove a biological connection to a recent ancestor, such as a parent or a grandparent, who was an enrolled citizen.
See also
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1896 Applications for Enrollment, Five Tribes (Overturned)
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Blood quantum laws
Blood quantum laws or Indian blood laws are laws that define Native Americans in the United States status by fractions of Native American ancestry. These laws were enacted by the federal government and state governments as a way to establish ...
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Cherokee descent
Individuals with some degree of documented Cherokee descent who do not meet the criteria for Cherokee tribal citizenship may describe themselves as "being of Cherokee descent" or as "being a Cherokee descendant". These terms are also used by non-Na ...
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Dawes Rolls
The Dawes Rolls (or Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes, or Dawes Commission of Final Rolls) were created by the United States Dawes Commission. The commission was authorized by United States Congress in 1893 to exe ...
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Guion Miller Roll The Guion Miller Roll is a roll created by the US government between 1906 and 1911 to document Eastern Cherokee people, for the purposes of distributing money paid as restitution for the violation of treaties.
History
In 1902, Congress authorized t ...
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Hester Roll
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Native American identity in the United States
Native American identity in the United States is a community identity, determined by the tribal nation the individual or group belongs to. While it is common for non-Natives to consider it a racial or ethnic identity, for Native Americans in th ...
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Native American tribal rolls
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United Keetoowah Band Base Roll
References
External links
1924 Baker Roll Access Genealogy
Access Genalogy is a genealogy website.
One specific specialty it has is "the 1835 Cherokee census, listing Cherokees who lived east of the Mississippi during that year." One reviewer's one-sentence summary is: "This has a lot to offer for a fr ...
Cherokee Rolls: Baker Roll AllThingsCherokee.com
U.S., Cherokee Baker Roll and Records, 1924-1929 Ancestry.com
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