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This is the sixth volume in this series, which transcribes the Applications for Enrollment of Creek Newborn, National Archive film M-1301 (Act of 1905), as described in the National Archives publication American Indians. The Creek newborn applications represent one component of the larger body of applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 (Dawes Commission).

The Dawes Commission ultimately accepted applications for 2,410 children by the deadline of midnight, May 2, 1905; however, only 1,171 of those claimants were ultimately approved. Mr. Bowen’s transcriptions include all correspondence associated with the 1,171 successful Creek claimants. Besides the names of all parents and “newborns,” the applications include the names of doctors, lawyers, midwives, and other Creek relatives who attended to the Creek Nation before and during this time in history. In all, researchers will find about 2,500 additional Creek connections in the name index to this volume.

See also the other volumes in this series:
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
Volume V
Volume VII
Volume VIII
Volume IX
Volume X
Volume XI
Volume XII
Volume XIII
Volume XIV