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Look for a Native American ancestor? It's important to learn the history of the Indian tribe you think your ancestor belonged to.
It is unlikely that DNA testing will link you to a specific Indian tribe, a recent time period, or a Native American individual.
The U. S. government first included “Indian” as a race category in the 1870 U. S. Federal Census
The Southwest region of NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) has extensive records of American Indians because Oklahoma (where many tribes were relocated) falls into its territory.
Since there are a lot of categories, please choose a category to see just those FACTS!
We are indebted to Lee County Genealogy Society (FL) for a large majority of the "Facts" available on this page. Their list originally contained just over 490 facts. We have reduced that number for our site but will add some as we continue to build our new website.