States against Indians
Thirteenth General Assembly 1845, the Missouri State Statutes were amended to
prohibit anyone who was Indian from living in Missouri.
Many Cherokees were jailed, or murdered due to this law.
The lucky ones were simply deported to another state.
Missouri was not the only state to enact such laws.
Understandably, many more Cherokees began to take on other
racial identities such as Black Dutch after that.
More were lost due to the Federal mandate of the 1906 Census (Dawes Rolls)
where many were told they were no longer Cherokee
if they did not meet the U.S. government guidelines for the Rolls.
The depression of the 1920’s and 1930’s forced many to leave
Missouri and Arkansas for cities on the East and West
Coasts or the new oil fields in Oklahoma and Texas in order to survive.
By the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) many tribal governments no longer existed.
WWII, 1941-1945 caused many to be absent while serving in the
armed forces and on the home front (Rosie the Riveter).
The Korean War, Vietnam, Desert Storm, etc., caused many
of our warriors to be lost both in battle and in
their own despair after coming back to America.
prohibit anyone who was Indian from living in Missouri.
Many Cherokees were jailed, or murdered due to this law.
The lucky ones were simply deported to another state.
Missouri was not the only state to enact such laws.
Understandably, many more Cherokees began to take on other
racial identities such as Black Dutch after that.
More were lost due to the Federal mandate of the 1906 Census (Dawes Rolls)
where many were told they were no longer Cherokee
if they did not meet the U.S. government guidelines for the Rolls.
The depression of the 1920’s and 1930’s forced many to leave
Missouri and Arkansas for cities on the East and West
Coasts or the new oil fields in Oklahoma and Texas in order to survive.
By the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) many tribal governments no longer existed.
WWII, 1941-1945 caused many to be absent while serving in the
armed forces and on the home front (Rosie the Riveter).
The Korean War, Vietnam, Desert Storm, etc., caused many
of our warriors to be lost both in battle and in
their own despair after coming back to America.
