My Grandmother Leola May Berryhill's land allotment documents.
She was born in 1904, in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory before it became Oklahoma, part of the United States.
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A page of the Creek Roll, Indians By Blood - Dawes Rolls.
My Great-Grandfather Pleasant Berryhill is #117 near the middle right.
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A page of the Creek by blood Dawes Rolls.
My Great-Grandmother Jeanetta May Grayson Berryhill is #7144 near the bottom right.
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Clans of the Cherokee
This is a great video that demonstrates how different Native matriarchal societies can be.
There are differences among Native Nations, but Tsalagi (Cherokee) very similar to the Mvskoke.
Every reconnecting Native & non-Native should view this.
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My Great-Grandmother Jeanetta May Grayson Berryhill & Great-Grandfather Pleasant Luther 'Duke' Berryhill.
This picture was in the Creek Nation Council House in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
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My Great-Grandmother Jeanetta May Grayson Berryhill.
She was born in 1878, in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory before it became the state of Oklahoma & part of the US.
She had 6 children. My Grandmother Leola was her firstborn.
She was Dawes Roll #7144. She passed in 1926.
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My Great-Grandfather Pleasant Luther Duke Berryhill.
He was born in 1852, in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory before it became the state of Oklahoma & part of the US.
He was sent to Indian schools in the Creek Nation, then was sent to a school in Missouri.
He was Captain of the Creek Lighthorse tribal police & known as a sharpshooter.
He was Dawes Roll #117. He passed in 1929.
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Photocopy of my Grandmother Lee (Leola) May Berryhill Smith's actual Dawes Roll card. She was born in 1904, in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory before it became Oklahoma, part of the United States.
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Me and my Grandmother Lee (Leola) May Berryhill Smith. She was born in 1904, in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory before it became Oklahoma, part of the United States.
She was the youngest person of our family to be listed on the Dawes Rolls allotment census at 1 years old. She passed in 1989.
She was Creek by Blood (New Borns) card 850, roll #814.
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Me and my Grandmother Lee (Leola) May Berryhill Smith. She was born in 1904, in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory before it became Oklahoma, part of the United States.
She was the youngest person of our family to be listed on the Dawes Rolls allotment census at 1 years old. She passed in 1989.
She was Roll #814.
#Mvskoke #Muscogee #Creek #DawesRolls #Native #Indigenous #NDN #NativeMastodon #IndigenousMastodon
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Me and my Grandmother Lee (Leola) May Berryhill Smith. She was born in 1904, in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory before it became Oklahoma, part of the United States.
She was the youngest person of our family to be listed on the Dawes Rolls allotment census at 1 years old. She passed in 1989.
She was Roll #814.
#Mvskoke #Muscogee #Creek #DawesRolls #Native #Indigenous #NDN #NativeMastodon #IndigenousMastodon
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