KINSHIP AND BROCK
CHEROKEE NATION ENROLLMENT
Kenneth Barnett
Tankersley, Ph.D.
24 Jun 2008
Perhaps the greatest confusion in
genealogy is the concept of direct lineal kinship. Lineal kinship
terminology in the United States is based upon the nuclear family
as the most important kinship group. It distinguishes three basic
types of relatives - lineal, affinial, and collateral.
Only lineal descendants can be enrolled.
| Lineal kin have an ancestor or descendant that
is in a direct line. Examples of lineal kin include - father,
mother, father's father, father's mother, mother's mother, mother's
father, son, daughter, daughter's son, daughter's daughter, son's
son, son's daughter, etc. |
| Affinial kin are relatives by marriage. Examples
of affinial kin include - brother's wife, bother's wife's brother,
sister's husband, sister's husband's sister, father's sister's
husband, father's sister's husband's sister, father's sister's
husband's father, father's sister's husband's mother, mother's
brother's wife, mother's brother's wife's brother, mother's brother's
wife's brother's father, mother's brother's wife's brother's
mother, son's wife, son's wife's brother, son's wife's brother's
son, daughter's husband, etc. |
| Collateral kin are all other relatives. Examples
of collateral kin include - sister, brother, father's sister,
mother's sister, sister's son, sister's son's son, sister's son's
daughter, etc. |
There are three Federally recognized
Cherokee tribes (i.e., Nations):
1. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. For enrollment information,
go to http://www.cherokee-nc.com/
2. The Cherokee Nation. For enrollment information, go to http://www.cherokee.org/
3. United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. For
enrollment information, go to http://unitedkeetoowahband.org/
Additionally, there are Cherokee tribes that are not Federally
recognized, but recognized in multiple States and currently under
review for Federal Recognition. The Northern Cherokee Nation of
the Old Louisiana Territory (NCOLT) is a good example. Although
their enrollment is closed, you can learn more about NCOLT at
http://ncnolt1.homestead.com/.
There are also a number of State recognized Cherokee tribes that
are not in the process of seeking Federal recognition, and Independent
Cherokee tribes which seek neither Federal nor State recognition.
Aaron Brock is not on the Dawes
final roll and thus cannot be used for enrollment in the Cherokee
Nation. Only those listed on the Dawes Final Roll can be used
for enrollment:
BROCK Family
Enrolled in the Cherokee Nation: The Dawes Final Roll
Walter James BROCK (enrollment
16910), born 1876
Married Susan E. WOODALL (enrollment 16911), born 1877.
Children
George BROCK (enrollment 16912), born 1898.
Gleason K. BROCK (enrollment 16913), born 1900
James C. BROCK, born 1903.
Hugh BROCK, born September 1874.
Married Mary M. KEITH (enrollment 12588), 1895, born February
1879, died May 1904.
Children
Joseph C. BROCK (enrollment 12589),
born December 1897.
Lula G BROCK (enrollment 12590), born March 1900.
Mary M. BROCK (enrollment 12591), born 1901.
Delilah BROCK (enrollment 13833),
born July 10, 1879.
Married Joseph Robert MILLER, January 02, 1899, born April 14,
1880.
Children
Clara K. MILLER (enrollment 13834), born 1900
Ruthie May MILLER (enrollment 13835), born 1901.
Bluie MILLER, born 1903.
Mary Ellen MILLER, born 1905.
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Following
pages used by permission of Kenneth B. Tankersley, Ph.D., anthropologist, University
of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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CHIEF
RED BIRD ~
Excerpt from his book-in-progress, Kentucky Cherokee: People
of the Cave
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Yahoo Falls by Kenneth B. Tankersley
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