“From Tulsa to Beyond: African American Genealogy in the Indian Territory and Oklahoma,” Nicka Smith

Oklahoma Historical Society presents guest speaker Nicka Smith. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Smith shares resources for researching your ancestors using tribal records (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee, and Seminole), federal records, newspapers, college/university collections, historical society records, and more!

Oklahoma Historical Society Resources
Black History is Oklahoma History: https://www.okhistory.org/blackhistory
Genealogy Resources: https://www.okhistory.org/research/genealogy
Freedmen History: https://www.okhistory.org/learn/freedmen
Dawes Rolls Index: https://www.okhistory.org/research/dawes
1933 Unemployment Census: https://www.okhistory.org/research/reliefcensus
The Gateway to Oklahoma History: https://gateway.okhistory.org
The “Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture,” https://www.okhistory.org/encyclopedia

Nicka Smith's Website
Who is Nicka Smith?: https://www.whoisnickasmith.com/

More Websites and Blogs
Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Digital Prairie: https://digitalprairieok.net/
University of Oklahoma, Western History Collections: https://libraries.ou.edu/conte....nt/western-history-c
University of Oklahoma, Indian Pioneer Papers: https://digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/pioneer/
Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org
Gilcrease Museum: https://gilcrease.org
Oklahoma Freedmen collective: http://www.OKFreedmen.org
African-Native American Genealogy Blog, Angela Walton-Raji, http://african-nativeamerican.blogspot.com
Black and Red Journal blog, Terry Ligon, http://blackandredjournal.blogspot.com

Books
"Black Indians and Freedmen: The African Methodist Episcopal Church and Indigenous Americans from 1816 to 1916," by Christina Dickerson
"I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land," Alaina E. Roberts
"Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom," by Tiya Miles
"The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story," also by Tiya Miles
"Freedom of the Frontier," volume one and two by Angela Walton-Raji
"Black Indian Genealogy Research,” by Angela Walton-Raji
"Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage," by William Loren Katz
"Red Over Black: Black Slavery Among Cherokee Indians," by R. Halliburton, Jr.