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Eulala Pegram said :
June 28, 2007 at 11:57 am
Can you tell me whether Chief Shunatona is Otoe or Pawnee? I want to use the story about Great Horse and cannot find the tribe for Shunatona. Thank you.
BrokenClaw said :
June 30, 2007 at 8:01 pm
That’s an excellent question. See my response in a separate post: Which Tribe?
kris said :
February 25, 2008 at 3:22 pm
hi i’m decended from Mestizo tribe , my family from central america
where can i meet with other older teens and young adults who are also native american? i live in maryland and would like to join message boards and everything
BrokenClaw said :
February 28, 2008 at 12:40 am
I would recommend you contact the Baltimore American Indian Center at http://www.baic.org
Bonnie Zondory-Surfield said :
April 4, 2008 at 7:24 am
I would like to thank you for this site. My husband and I have recently become den leaders of our local Cub Scout Pack and we have been looking for anything to get the pack back to “basics”. This info. is so needed to make the Wolves and Bears come alive again. Keep up the excellent work!
Bonnie Zondory-Surfield
Wolf Den Leader, Pack #780
Mike Haefner said :
July 22, 2008 at 12:01 pm
1. Thank you for your excellent web-site.
2. I attended the 2008 encampment and enjoyed it.
3. I have Otoe blood, that comes from my grandmother, Avalina Graham who passed away this year and was mentioned in the offical program.
4. Her mother was Katie B. Ward (Barnes) and Father was Fred Ward. I am very proud of the little OTOE Blood that flows through my veins. I would like to do more research, and have many unanswered questions, such as which clan does my family line come from? What is the history of these proud people? Who can I contact and where do I begin? I understand that my great-grandfather Fred Ward was of the Chippewa Tribe. I am also interested in this as well.
I was very touched by many of the comments made at the encampment. I would like to learn. If you could point me in the right direction I would be forever grateful.
Respectfully:
Mike Haefner
Carla Melton said :
August 19, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Hello! I am the grand daughter of Raymond Hurr, great grand daughter of Nicodemus Hurr, and the great, great grand daughter of William Hurr, Chief of Ottawa Tribe. William Hurr is in the Smithsonian as a famous Indian. My Aunt recently found that my great grandmother, Irene H. Hurr, daughter of George W. Finley, married my Great grandfather, Nicodemus Hurr. I recently received copies of letters written by my Great Grandfather, Nicodemus, who was the Principal of the White Earth Indian School in Minnesota. Do you have access to any of these. Are these copies of interest to you? He is asking to borrow $100 to return to Miami, Oklahoma to receive treatment for his wife’s illness. Per records obtained by my Aunt, it appears that Florence H. Finley Hurr is Nicodemus’ wife. The 1910 Census Ottawa County Oklahoma shows Florence H. Hurr, 29 years old and then lists her children, Irene Hurr, Bruce Hurr, Raymond Hurr, my Grandpa, Bennie Hurr. It shows head of household George W. Finley and Nora B. Finley. George W. Finley who was a Native American as well. Also, Catherine Caleb , a Munsee, is the mother of my great grandfather,Nicodemus Hurr . My great grandfather, Nicodemus Hurr, is in a photo taken by the Moravians as well. Do you have any information to help my in my geneaology search? Sincerely, Carla Melton
BrokenClaw said :
August 20, 2008 at 1:18 am
I found the 1910 census page you cited. However, it appears that Florence was not the daughter of George Finley, but was the daughter of Mrs. Finley from a previous marriage. Florence is enumerated as George’s step-daughter, and her children are enumerated as his step-grandchildren. So far I have been unable to locate them on the 1900 census.
V. Gookin said :
August 22, 2008 at 3:54 pm
I would like a picture of the gravestone of
Joseph Jones on there it reads: Illeg-Sept. 8, 1908
Thank you so much
BrokenClaw said :
August 25, 2008 at 11:18 pm
I will email you the link to the photo on Flickr.com.
Golden D Moore said :
September 2, 2008 at 8:30 am
Hello, my name is golden moore i am half navajo and otto. i am looking for my aunti Berverly Lowe, i belive she lives n tellequah Ok . i haven’t seen her n 12 years. By any chance can u help me locate her. i talk her 2 years ago and lost contact with her. i told her that i was going out to oklahoma to visit her but never made the trip.
Ann Sanders said :
September 28, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I too am of otoe blood. My grandmother is Mildred M. Hudson. I would like a picture of Ennis Olen’s gravestone please.
BrokenClaw said :
October 18, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Ann, I will email you the link to the photo on Flickr.com.
Brenda McGrain said :
October 23, 2008 at 5:18 pm
I would like to thank you for supplying this wonderful information. I am attending University and currently in a cultural diversity class. We have been assigned a paper about a minority group, and I have chosen to write about the Susquehannok people. Since I am from Maryland, I was particularly interested in our local native people. There is limited information available about these people, and your Web site has certainly helped me with my assignment. Not only is your site informative, but has prompted me to learn even more about the Susquehannok and visit some local places where I can learn more. Thank you again for this eye-opening experience!
Frankie Stevenson said :
November 5, 2008 at 10:38 am
I was looking through your survey listing and found my great grandfather, Frank Pettit, you mentioned you could provide photo’s of the stone? If so i would greatly appreciate it. I am doing research to find my father’s family whom i have not had contact with in over ten years. Your help would be greatly appreciated!!! You mentioned you were there for a family reunion, may i ask which family? Thankyou!!!
BrokenClaw said :
November 16, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Frankie, I will email you the link to the photo on Flickr.com. Our family reunion was for the descendants of Dewey Dailey.
Nikki said :
December 3, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I would be like a photo of the grave marker for Fred Ward and Katie (Barnes) Ward.
This website is wonderful! This is a side of my family that I didn’t know much about and this has been a great resourse and has opened a lot of doors.
Thank you so much!
Nikki said :
December 3, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I went on Flickr.com and found the picture. I am so grateful you took all those.
Thank you.
Petra Chevalier said :
January 5, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Hi Sam,
My great,great grandmother was Mary Jane Bradford born in 1859 Indiana on 3/14.
She died 7/08/1929 in Ashland, OR. She was my grandmother’s, Gladys Leora Dial’s, grandmother. Mary Jane’s daughter was named Mary Alice Childers and Mary Alice was my great grandmother. Mary Jane’s husband was John Riley Childers. I have been searching for the link to our cherokee heritage and have been told it was from a cherokee woman to whom Daniel Boone had a short relationship with in his early years of marriage to Rebecca Bryan. We don’t know the cherokee woman’s name. I do know that my great grandmother, Mary Alice was won in a card game at the tender age of 13. She married Walter Osker Dial and then my grandmother Gladys and her siblings came along. If you know any information on who Daniel Boone was affiliated to during his early years of marriage, I would greatly appreciate any feedback. If we could establish the link between Mary Jane Bradford and the woman Daniel Boone knew, maybe we could find out who started our cherokee heritage.
Thank you Sam and with the same last name as Mary Jane, maybe we are related also!
Petra:-)
jamie said :
January 9, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Hello and thank you so much for publishing this site. It has been informative and helpful. I moved here from Massachusetts last year and saw too late that there was an indoor Pow Wow in Bel Air in January. I don’t see it listed again for this year. Do you know if they will be holding it??
Thankyou.
Ceeny said :
January 26, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Hi, my name is Celyna (Yellowfish) Morales. My maternal grandfather was the late William F. DeRoin. I found your website today and I sent the URLs to the rest of my (on-line) family. In your genealogy tab, I was able to link to my mother (Cornelia Mae DeRoin Yellowfish), and we can provide the rest of our family tree if you care to go into more detail. My mom was a member of the Mormon church and had a detailed genealogy tree she researched herself.
Thank you for sharing this information with us.
Ryan said :
February 5, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Can I identify with Native American Indian spirituality ?
What shared belief could I have with them ?
Answer: In chapter 16, verse 5 of the Book of Revelation the angel of water speaks.
The Pawnee Indian tribe have the name Chahuru for the spirit of water.
So we have a shared belief in the angel/spirit of water (and perhaps other American Indian tribes do also).
A Christian.
Shawn Hughes said :
April 21, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I’m not sure where to go for help. My great grandmother was born in in missouri in 3/4/1872 her maiden name was Annie Mae Mills . My mother is wanting me to trace our ancestory and I am not sure how to prove what tribe we originated from . We belief from waht we have been told that Grandmother may have been otoe. Can you please help me.
Theda GoodFox Kresge said :
June 9, 2009 at 11:51 am
Requesting permission to use your picture of the former dining hall bldg. in an announcement of a “Gravy Reunion” to be held July 4, 2009. The reunion will be held in the former dining hall; the college president gave us permission to use it.
The Gravy Reunion begins around 12:30 p.m. and continues in the afternoon. We have no idea how many Gravy survivors remain - but are hopeful we have attendees.
Thank you.
Theda GoodFox Kresge [Gravy grad. of 1946]
Casa Grande, AZ
BrokenClaw said :
June 13, 2009 at 12:38 am
Thank you for requesting permission. I will email you the provisions for using the photos.
Renee L. Waring said :
June 21, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Looking for those interested in a Susquehannock Fire Ring or Powwow for the descendants. It’s time we are recognized and stories were shared. It’s time we came out of the shadows and proudly proclaimed “Here we are, we have never been lost or all killed off” as the white would have others believe. If you are interested in such an event please send me a note so I have a hard signed record to show to financial backers for the event.
Renee L. Waring aka Renee My Frande
PO Box 33
Manchester, PA 17345
Reneelwaring@aol.com
Edward Finley said :
June 25, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Hello. Iam trying to find the link between my family and the Cherokee Nation.
Myself and my two daughters visited the reservation in 2005. At that time I began
to become inthrawlled in finding out which Finley married into the nation, or
who was the Indian madden who married a Finley. Thank you so very much.
May your search be as great and mighty as the eagle that soars in the wind, and as fast as the mightyest river that flows like the blood of our forefathers.
carla melton said :
July 25, 2009 at 3:38 am
Hello! I really appreciate your website. Do you know where William Hurr, Ottawa, is buried?
Dawn Briner said :
August 19, 2009 at 9:45 am
I just want to thank you for posting my grandson’s obituary to your website. My daughter(in-law) called me this morning to tell me about it. She was very pleased the someone would notice her son this way.
I went to the page that she directed me to and I too was very pleased with the information and the layout. I don’t know who you are, but I am happy to know that someone out there is paying attention. Thanks again.
Ginger Chandler said :
September 6, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I’am looking for information on my great-grandmother. Mary Magoon she was born 1870 and died 1948. She was Chippewa, and I think part of the franklin tribe, but did not move , she stayed in Michigan. Her tribe traveled to Canada in summer and in Michigan in the winters. All I am able to find is her name on a 1920 Census, at which time she settled in Muskagan Michigan shortly after that all her children ( my grandmother too!) Were taken away by government and but on work farm. I know were her grave is. This short statement is all I know. Any information would be greatly wecomed. Thank you!!
blackwolf said :
October 3, 2009 at 9:19 am
i’m am from the munsee band of delaware indians my great granfather was chief of muncey of the thames(willis henry logan) and my great grandmother was mary white and that is all i know ,can you help me find more history on my family
SSJ said :
October 30, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I wanted to thank you for all the hard work you have put into this. It is astounding and full of information. I’ve been able to track father’s family as far back as great-great-grandparents with very little effort. Again, thank you!
Gene DeLaney said :
November 23, 2009 at 12:54 am
I just found your site today and very excited with what little I have read so far. My brother and I are wanting to identify our family history on our father’s side. In the early 80’s my father found his biological mother and sisters. He was put up for adoption when he was four and is 71 now. Their story made the Oklahomian newspaper when they reunited. He told me his mother and father was both Cherokee Indian, which is how I found your site through goggle under ‘Am I part Cherokee’ . I did find the uncle my dad claims is his, Tom Hand, on the Cherokees by Blood rolls. His roll number is 19173. But here is what prompted to write you. Where do I go now to prove indeed this is my father’s uncle or great-uncle more likely? This question might be premature since I have not read your full website but any assistance would be greatly appreciated, Sincerely Gene
jennifer Gammill said :
January 10, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Great work with the site! Lots of information. Last July /09 my family- Ely- (descdendants of Sam and Mary ) attended the encampment for the first time in 30yrs. The one question we were ask alot was, “What clan are you?”. Well I have no clue. We were told many things growing up. One lady did tell me the Elys were and have always been Owls. Do you know if this is true and is there anyway to recearch it? most of the Items do not list the clan information. Thank you.
BrokenClaw said :
January 11, 2010 at 5:35 am
Jennifer, unfortunately, clan affiliation was not recorded on the tribal censuses. As far as I know, the only time that a family’s clan is documented is when someone reports their own family history, or includes it in an obituary or on a gravestone. In other words, it’s just one of those things that people “know”.
However, in 1880, James Dorsey wrote a partial census of the Otoe-Missouria in Nebraska and included clan affiliations on that report. I can tell you that Sam Ely is recorded there in the following manner:
“Tu(Mo) Hau-we-no-we… Two Days… Sam Ely… stepson of Mun-che-han-che”.
What that means is that Sam Ely was Bear Clan (Tunapi) of the Missouria, and his Indian name, more commonly spelled How-a-no-wa, means Two Days.
Adding to the confusion is that there was another person, Louis Ely, of similar age, but I have not been able to discern how or if he was related to Sam Ely. It’s possible that the Louis Ely family is Owl clan, but I have no documentation of that either way.
Hope that helps.
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