Cherokee Nation legislative act

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1 Page 1 of 5 Cherokee Nation legislative act Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI Tel: (401) Fax: (401) redwood@redwoodlibrary.org Published in 2014 Collection overview Title: Cherokee Nation legislative act Cherokee Nation legislative act Date range: Creator: Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. National Council. Extent: Abstract: Language of materials: Repository: Collection number: An act of the National Council of the Cherokee Nation signed and approved by Principal Chief T. M. Buffington ( ) and President Theodore Roosevelt ( ). English RLC.Ms.572

2 Page 2 of 5 Scope & content This collection consists of Senate Bill Number 1 from the National Council of the Cherokee Nation in which appropriations to pay the current and contingent expenses of the regular session of the National Council in 1902 were approved. This act was approved by the Principal Chief, T. M. Buffington on December 6, Also included is the certificate submitted to the U.S. President used to approve this act. This certificate was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt ( ) on January 26, Arrangement This collection is arranged in chronological order. Biographical note The Cherokee Nation (of the nineteenth century) was an autonomous, legal, tribal government recognized from 1794 to This Nation consisted of the Cherokee people and other Native American tribes originally from the southeastern United States who were either forced to or voluntary relocated to Indian Territory. The Indian Territory was land set aside by the U.S. government and comprised present day Oklahoma. Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was established as the capital of the Cherokee Nation and by 1827 a written constitution was adopted, creating a government with three branches, similar to the U.S. government. The National Council served as the legislature of the Nation and every four years they elected a Principal Chief, whose office was similar to that of a state governor or U.S. President. Beginning in 1898, the U.S. government was laying the groundwork to dismantle the Cherokee Nation in order to incorporate the Indian Territory into a new state, Oklahoma. In 1906, the tribal government of the Cherokee Nation was dissolved. T. M. (Thomas Mitchell) Buffington ( ) was born in Goingsnake District of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (present day Adair County, Oklahoma). He served as the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation briefly in 1891 and was elected to the office in 1899, serving until Following his term as principal chief, Buffington was the mayor of Vinita, Oklahoma, until He died in Vinita on February 11, 1938.

3 Page 3 of 5 Access & use Access to the collection: Use of materials: Preferred citation: Access is open to members and researchers at the. This collection is owned by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Special Collections Librarian of the. Cherokee Nation legislative act Cherokee Nation legislative act Cherokee Nation legislative act, RLC.Ms.572, Contact information: Administrative information About the collection 50 Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI Tel: (401) Fax: (401) redwood@redwoodlibrary.org Aquisition: Gift of Diana Lanier Smith, 1988 Mar 16 Processing information: Prior to processing in 2014, this collection was found within the Steel Cabinet Collection: Drawer 14, Folder 10. About the finding aid Author: Encoding: Descriptive rules: Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage. This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

4 Page 4 of 5 Search terms Names: Subjects: Types of materials: Buffington, T. M., , Thomas Mitchell Roosevelt, Theodore, Cherokee Indians--Politics and government Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma--History Legislative acts

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