The Dawes Roll; discussion of Coweta, Oklahoma and the Creek Nation; allotments and leaving Oklahoma; his father's revelations about Creek family history.
Remembering the Trail of Tears; Berryhill's vision
of storytelling and television as a media; the power of oral history
and family connections.
The enrollment process and issues of blood
quantum; the Dawes Roll and Dawes Act; Andrew Jackson, land sessions,
Black Muskogees and the removal of the Five Civilized Tribes.
Indian Territory after Removal; communal land
holdings; blood quantum and Indian schools; the Oklahoma land rush; the
Dust Bowl and relocations to urban centers; the Berryhill story as
similar to many Five Civilized tribal people's; living as a Creek
citizen in Richmond, Virginia; connecting Native people through
stories, music, and dance.
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