The tribe's lands were broken into individual allotments in 1890, and the government recorded its members on the Dawes Rolls.
By the time of the Dawes Rolls, there were numerous female-headed households registered.
Members were registered on the Dawes Rolls for allocation of communal land to individual households.
The land was divided among the 241 tribal members listed on the Dawes Rolls.
The Dawes Rolls have been used as the basis for many tribes to establish membership descent.
The reason they applied to the Dawes Rolls was because they wanted allotments.
Some activists have criticized inconsistencies in the information collected in the Dawes Rolls.
The Dawes Rolls are the records of the members of each tribe who were registered at the time.
The Dawes Rolls have become important records for proving tribal membership.
Native Americans were registered on the Dawes Rolls and allotted land from the common reserve.