2024 Genealogy Series - Tracing the Lives of Native American Army Scouts​ (May 28, 2024)

After Their Service: Tracing the Lives of Native American Army Scouts​ (May 28, 2024)
Cody White is a Subject Matter Expert for Native American Related Records and an archivist at the National Archives at Denver.
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Military exploits of the U.S. Army’s late-19th century Native American scouts are well known, but tracing their post-service history can be challenging. Using Hairy Moccasin (Crow) as a case study, this talk will explore records from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs to flesh out his long and, at times, tragic life. Records and methods discussed can be used by anyone tracing Native genealogy from 1880 to 1930.
00:00- Presentation Welcome
01:43 - Introduction, presenter biography, overview
03:37 - Meet Private Hairy Moccasin
04:19 -Context for the discussion
05:47 - Hairy Moccasin signs up as a scout
08:44- Old army records resources
09:32 - History of the Crow reservation
10:08 - Record Group 75, Bureau of Indian Affairs
11:24 - Reservation censuses
17:37 - Resources other than censuses
20:08 - Land allotment
25:06 - Annuities as a resource
26:07 - Native employment by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
27:17 - About Hairy Moccasin's signature
29:07 - The death of Hairy Moccasin and his continuing story
32:30 - Military pension files as a resource
44:48 - Hairy Moccasin's family tree (to date)
46:19 - Special thanks
46:55 - Closing, Event Survey, Other Resources
48:04 - Questions and Answers in the chat
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