Dawes Rolls
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The Dawes Rolls are historical U.S. government records that list individuals accepted as members of the Five Civilized Tribes, used today as key documentation for determining tribal citizenship and ancestry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dawes Final Rolls | 1 |
| Dawes Rolls canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2728522 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dawes Rolls Context triple: [Cherokee Nation, membershipDocument, Dawes Rolls]
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A.
Rufus Fearing Dawes
Rufus Fearing Dawes was an American lawyer, businessman, and civic leader from a prominent political family, known for his work in Chicago’s commercial and cultural institutions.
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B.
Samuel Elijah Eastman
Samuel Elijah Eastman was an American Congregational minister and social reformer best known as the father of prominent feminist and civil liberties advocate Crystal Eastman.
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C.
Principal Chief John Ross
Principal Chief John Ross was the long-serving leader of the Cherokee Nation in the 19th century, known for his determined legal and political resistance to U.S. policies of Indian removal.
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D.
Spotted Tail
Spotted Tail was a prominent 19th-century Brulé Lakota (Sioux) chief and diplomat known for his efforts to negotiate with the U.S. government to protect his people's interests.
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E.
Hunkpapa Lakota
The Hunkpapa Lakota are a Native American Lakota Sioux band historically based in the northern Great Plains, known for leaders like Sitting Bull and their resistance to U.S. expansion in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dawes Rolls Target entity description: The Dawes Rolls are historical U.S. government records that list individuals accepted as members of the Five Civilized Tribes, used today as key documentation for determining tribal citizenship and ancestry.
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A.
Rufus Fearing Dawes
Rufus Fearing Dawes was an American lawyer, businessman, and civic leader from a prominent political family, known for his work in Chicago’s commercial and cultural institutions.
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B.
Samuel Elijah Eastman
Samuel Elijah Eastman was an American Congregational minister and social reformer best known as the father of prominent feminist and civil liberties advocate Crystal Eastman.
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C.
Principal Chief John Ross
Principal Chief John Ross was the long-serving leader of the Cherokee Nation in the 19th century, known for his determined legal and political resistance to U.S. policies of Indian removal.
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D.
Spotted Tail
Spotted Tail was a prominent 19th-century Brulé Lakota (Sioux) chief and diplomat known for his efforts to negotiate with the U.S. government to protect his people's interests.
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E.
Hunkpapa Lakota
The Hunkpapa Lakota are a Native American Lakota Sioux band historically based in the northern Great Plains, known for leaders like Sitting Bull and their resistance to U.S. expansion in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American census record
ⓘ
historical government record ⓘ tribal enrollment record ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dawes Rolls
ⓘ
surface form:
Dawes Final Rolls
|
| appliesTo |
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
ⓘ
surface form:
Cherokee Nation
Chickasaw Nation ⓘ Choctaw Nation ⓘ Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form:
Creek Nation
Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ Seminole Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form:
Seminole Nation
|
| authorizedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| availableAs |
digital images
ⓘ
microfilm ⓘ |
| containsInformationOn |
age of enrollees
ⓘ
allotment numbers ⓘ degree of Indian blood ⓘ family relationships ⓘ individual tribal members ⓘ residence ⓘ sex of enrollees ⓘ tribal affiliation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Dawes Act implementation
ⓘ
surface form:
Dawes Commission
|
| endTime | 1907 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
determines eligibility for some tribal benefits
ⓘ
influences recognition of tribal membership ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Cherokee rolls
ⓘ
Chickasaw rolls ⓘ Choctaw rolls ⓘ Creek rolls ⓘ Freedmen rolls ⓘ Seminole rolls ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
General Allotment Act of 1887
ⓘ
surface form:
Dawes Act
General Allotment Act of 1887 ⓘ
surface form:
General Allotment Act
|
| location |
Indian Territory
ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Henry L. Dawes ⓘ |
| officialName | Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory ⓘ |
| startTime | 1898 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Native American genealogy research
ⓘ
legal disputes over tribal citizenship ⓘ |
| usedBy |
genealogists
ⓘ
historians ⓘ tribal enrollment offices ⓘ |
| usedFor |
allotment of tribal lands
ⓘ
determining tribal citizenship ⓘ distribution of land titles ⓘ documenting Native American ancestry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dawes Rolls Description of subject: The Dawes Rolls are historical U.S. government records that list individuals accepted as members of the Five Civilized Tribes, used today as key documentation for determining tribal citizenship and ancestry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cherokee Nation
this entity surface form:
Dawes Final Rolls