1-8-99
I am trying to get info on my g-grandfather, We think he was either full or part Indian. Have heard he was Cherokee, Comanche and Cheyenne. His name was John Houston WHITE, have been told the name at one time was WHITEFEATHER. He lived in Comanche Co. TX where he died sometime in the 1870's-1880's. He married Solonie/Safonie/Safona Hennard. I have no info on his parents or state of birth. Anything you can do to help is appreciated. Please contact Gail King
My great grandmother's name was IMACINDY. My dad says she was Cherokee, but the features of the Cherokee do not match my dad's family. Maybe they are Cheyenne. All of them, including the females are tall, 6 ft. Or better, muscular and black hair. If anybody has info on this name, please inform me. Thanks! Please contact Charles Traughber
1-27-99
Searching for information on ROADMAKER. She was among the group that escaped from Fort Reno. She was brought in from Colorado with one of the last groups. Her daughter was Belle BALENTI and her grand daughter was Hattie CRUMP, her great grand daughter was Geraldine CRUM and I, Donna GIBSON am her great great grand daughter. Roadmaker was an interpreter. She married 5 times. Belle was the only child from a trading post person, Charles RATH(E). But, I know she had other children who came to Fort Reno at the same time. I know Belle lived in Geary OK when she died in 1939, she was Belle MARTIN at the time. I don't know her Cheyenne name. Thanks for any assistance. Please contact Donna Gibson
1-27-99
I am looking for information on a Cheyenne-Arapaho woman that owned land in 1891 around Corn, OK. Her Indian name was BA-SUS-SA. I am trying to find where she might have lived prior to owning this land. Thank you. Please contact Andy Compton
2-12-99
We have records of a Nellie IDDINGS who was a student at the Carlisle Indian School, at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania sometime between 1880-1901. We believe she was from the Cheyenne Nation. We will appreciate any information you may help us with. Regards and Thanks. Please contact Ray Iddings
3-3-1999
I am trying to find information about William Henry CLEVELAND. He was an Indian Agent about the 1880's. My grandmother was born at the Agency in 1884, her name was Vivian CLEVELAND. My father has pictures of her with some of the Tribal Members. I also have a pen and ink drawing of the mission at the Cheyenne-Arapaho Agency, dated 1875. Any information about the CLEVELANDs would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Allyson Myers
3-3-99
My children are 1/4 Cheyenne. Their maternal grandmother's maiden name is LITTLE ELK. I would like to research their roots. I am also interested in finding out more about RED MOON and TWO MOONS. I live in western OK, I am not Native American, but am interested for the sake of my children. Thank you. Please contact Randy Phillips
3-3-99
I would appreciate any information on the ESSARY surname, especially JANE ESSARY, who is belived to be one quarter Cheyenne ancestory.Her birth would have been sometime in the early 1800's. She married Jasper WOOD and had ten children. Thank You. Please contact Cagud
4-8-99
We are trying to gather information on a Cheyenne woman named EHYOPHSTA (YELLOW HAIRED WOMAN). She was the daughter of a Chief STANDS IN TIMBER. She was a female warrior who fought in the Battle of Beechers Island in 1867. She died in 1915. Any information you could share with us would be appreciated. Thank you. Please contact Adam Walker
5-1-99
My mother-in-law is Birdie Mae SHORTMAN. Her father was Fred LODGE, a Gros Ventre from here in Montana, but her mother was Pauline BIG HORSE, Southern Cheyenne from there in Oklahoma, in fact Birdie May was born down there. Her Southern Cheyenne grandparents were Ben BIG HORSE and Sara CLOUD CHIEF. If you come across anything conneceted with these names, I sure would appreciate hearing about it. If you have some kind of message board, please feel free to post this message there. Please contact Gerard Vandeberg
5-20-99
Hello. I am researching for the ROMERO family from the Cheyenne. I know this name does exist because I have found records that palces some of them in the boarding schools. Trying to make a connection to these names. I'm looking for Julia ROMERO, Rosie ROMERO, Richard ROMERO/SAUCEDA. That is what I am working with right now. I know there are others. Thanks. Please contact Becky
5-20-99
I live in New York and grew up in California. However, my father's mother, Majorie WARD was born in the Indian Territories. She is now dead, but something of a mystery. We now know she attended a Cheyenne-Arapaho School, although she maintained to her dying day she wasn't Native America. I would really like to find out and to understand. Can you point me to some resource/person/website that can get me started? Her father was suppoed to have been a Methodist Circuit Rider. Perhaps they have some records as well. any help/assistance/wisdom will be much appreciated. Please contact Garland Walker
5-20-99
Hello, My name is Kim Isham. I am emailing in hopes that you could possibly be of some help to my family. I do not know if I have the right tribe. My family and I are trying to see if we can prove that Chief BLACK KETTLE is my great-great-grandfather. You see, we often feel lost because some family members believe we are Cheyenne and others believe we are Cherokee. If you know of anyone that could help us, my family and I would deeply appreciate it. Please contact Kim Isham
6-26-99
I am seeking more information on the four stages or "hills of life". I am a member of the C&A Tribes of OK. I grew up with very little knowledge of the Arapaho Way. I was taught the Arapaho had Clans. The only one I know anything about is the Gourd Clan, which is made up of elders. That is all I know of the Gourd Clan. If you could contribute information on any/all of the clans, and any other Arapaho history it would be greatly appreiated. As an Arapaho Indian I am very interested in learning about my heritage. I would also be able to pass down this information to my children. If you can assist me with this information or suggest other literature that would help me learn more about the clans, please forward to Tim Mosqueda. Thank you very much.
6-99
I am in search of a long lost Cheyenne ggg grandmother. I only know her grandson's name was JESSE CRAYTON and that they were from Centerville, KS. I've been going in circles trying to figure out what and where I need to go first to find out any more information. If you could give me any helpful information, suggestions, or insights, please do. Please contact Joelene Wickes
7-14-99
I am interested in finding some of my husband's family. My husband was born Sept. 10, 1969 to Winona SLEEPER. We went to Geary, OK 6 years ago to see her and her family and now have lost touch with her. My husband and kids are registered with the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes. Timothy Dean DURFEE, Nicholas Dean DURFEE, Jessica Marie DURFEE. Please help me find her, my husband is full blooded. Thank you. Please contact Angie Durfee
My name is Lydia Houck. I am trying to find my roots. The only information I have about my paternal grandmother is she was full blood Apache, who died from Breast cancer; and the only name I was given was "TAYLOR". Can you please give me some direction to Take?!? My father, Ernest Lee Houck had passed away on 5-13-96 and I don't know where else to start looking for hte rest of my family or even if I have any left. Thank you for your time. Please contact Lydia Houck
7-30-99
I am looking for information on a CHeyenne by the name of YELLOW WOLF who fought at Little Big Horn as a youth, lived some time after in or around Kansas, *not* to be confused with the Cheyenne Chief Yellow Wolf killed in Chivington's attack on the Cheyenne. This one survived to father a daughter, 'Emma' , who was taken by missionaries from Kansas to NY in the 1890's. Emma was born in 1883. She married my grandfather and the married name of LIGHT, I don't know what her Cheyenne name was. Not sure of the name of my great grandmother, but think it was also two words with the 2nd the word for "Raven". Would appreciate any information any one can come up with. Good site here and it is a real help. Please contact Jake Levi
8-13-99
I am tracing my family history and would appreciate any information on James FIRE. I know he had 3 children - Malcolm, Christine, and Michael. Thanks. Please contact Sydney Reynolds
8/24/99
Stephen McHattie, Kario Salem, and Christina Raines played the lovable Pasquinel siblings: Jacques, Marcel and Lucinda in James A. Michner's Centennial miniseries. Their characters were based on the real life BENT siblings: Charley, George and I don't know the names of their other sibs. I do know, however, that thier white father, William BENT, founded BENT's Old Fort that's near La Junta, CO. I'm especially interested in Charley. Any information at all, you can supply me with, will be most appreciated. Please contact Tammy Saphiloff
9-6-99
Am looking for any information I can get on my great-great grandmother ALMA BULL. She married George Franklin CABANISS in 1904. That is all I have been able to find other than her residence was Cheyenne Ok. Would appreciate any help I can get. Thank you. Please contact James Cabaniss
10-11-99
I am told by elderly relatives that my g-grandfather's mother was a full blood Indian and his father was a runaway slave. They arrived in Virginia after the Civil War (1880's) with 9 boys. His father's name was Stephany ADDISON and his mother's name was Malvina. I have searched among the lists for Cherokees and Creeks to no avail. I'm wondering if his mother could have been Arapaho, as I have seen the name ADDISON among modern day Arapahos, and his physical characteristics are suggestive of pictures I have seen of the tribe. Any ideas? Thanx. Please contact Lynn Burnett
10-23-99
My GGrandmother was born in 1859-60 possibly at or near Ft. Laramie, WY. My family said she was the daughter or grand daughter of ROMAN NOSE, most likely granddaughter as she was 1/2 Cheyenne, 1/2 Lakota. The family story goes like this: As ROMAN NOSE and his people were being chased so viciously and so many were being killed, ROMAN NOSE sent some of the children to RED CLOUD (Lakota)at or near Ft. Laramie so there would be some left to carry the Cheyenne Nation forward. These children married people from the Lakota Nation. My GGrandmother was one of the children of these marriages and was in the first group of children sent to boarding school, she never returned to live in that area. All I have is my GGrandmother's white name, MARY LYLE, she married a white man with the last name of WILLIAMS, lived the rest of her life in NE Texas near Sulpher Springs. *Any* help would be appreciated, possibly someone may have heard this or a similar story in the ROMAN NOSE family? I first heard this story over 36 years ago. Thank you. Please contact Marji
10-23-99
Hi. We have the family name GOZA but can not find where this originates. We have been told it is Cheyenne, but I am not sure where to look to find out this question? Thanks for your help. Please contact Angela
10-23-99
I am looking for info on Sally Delector WEAVER. Her mother was either Choctaw or Cheyenne. She was born in the Carolinas in 1867 and d. 4-Feb-1918 in Florida. I beleive she is on the 1880 senses for Johnston County, Clayton twp. My grandmother told be she received a letter from the Indian Nation in Olkahoma stating she was a "full status Indian". I don't know if she did anything with the letter. She married in 1900 William Kirkland RHODES and had 3 daughters. Her brother was Thomas J. WEAVER the first Judge of mixed race in Picayune, Miss. I would like info on him also. Thank You, Please contact Sue
12/13/99
Need information on a Cheyenne woman who was born in 1854 and lived through the Sand Creek Massacre. She came to southwestern Oklahoma and married a Kiowa man named AONETY. The Kiowas called her AGOPETAH. She died in 1918. I am her great great grand daughter. Please contact M. Horse Wilke