I’m excited to share that my family is featured in a new exhibit at the Cherokee Nation National History Museum in Tahlequah, OK! The exhibit is titled “We Are Cherokee: Cherokee Freedmen and the Right to Citizenship” and opens this weekend during the Cherokee National Holiday. There will be an opening reception this weekend that […]
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“My children have Cherokee blood in their veins…” Isaac Rogers, Cherokee Freedmen, May 20, 1885
Birthright: 8 Generations of Cherokee Freedmen and Our Story of Redemption Read More »
Go beyond sharing the stories of long hair and high cheek bones. This top to bottom presentation will share everything I’ve learned about tracing the Cherokee – and their Freedmen – before the Trail of Tears to current day. Don’t forget the handout attached below. PLEASE NOTE: This webinar is available for patrons of the
The Vault: Cherokee Ancestry and Genealogy Research Read More »
When DNA reveals a relationship between you, your known cousins, and 15 descendants of Old Settler Cherokee Chief John “Nolachucky” Rogers, Jr.
All Roads Lead to Cherokee Chief John Rogers, Jr. Read More »
Isaac “Ike” Rogers, one of the newly introduced characters on the Paramount+ show, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, was a real person and my 2x great grandfather.
10 Facts That Prove Isaac Rogers Was a Bad Ass Read More »
About Isaac Rogers Cherokee Freedmen, U.S.Deputy Marshal, all around bad ass, and my 2x great grandfather. The Timeline ca. 1847 Born enslaved Ike was born enslaved between 1847 and 1853 in the Cherokee Nation (now northeast Oklahoma). He and his mother, Martha May Richardson, were enslaved by Alzira Price May, a Cherokee by Blood and
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An open letter to members of the Cherokee Nation who despite the recent court decision, still can’t get right.
When Red “Jim” Crow Comes Home to Roost Read More »
Isaac Rogers was killed at the Ft. Gibson, Indian Territory train depot by Clarence Goldsby. But was his murder and the circumstances surrounding it cut and dry?
Life After Death: 120 – Recalling the Murder of Isaac Rogers Read More »
Using DNA, oral history, and the paper trail to track down John Walter Allen, my great great grandfather.
A Tale of Another Elusive John Read More »
All I had was a name, Sarah Vann Rogers, and nothing else. Here’s how I discovered my tie to a Cherokee slaveholder.
Started From the Bottom | Rider Fields is My 4x Great Grandfather Read More »
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