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difference between authenticated an  The status of the Freedmen
in Indian Territory was a constant issue for the nations of
Indian Territory. There are a variety of census records that
were taken on the Freedmen from as early as 1867 in the Creek
Nation up until the Dawes Commission begain its official process
in 1898.  In the Cherokee Nation in 1880 there was another such
enumeration of Freedmen taken. This list of names collected
became known as the 1880 List of Authenticated Cherokee
Freedmen. During the Dawes Commissio that began 18 years later
many of the Freedmen who were adults by 1898 who applied for
enrollment had already had their names listed on this 1880 list.
Note that a major issue in the Cherokee Nation was whether or
not the Freedmen who was applying for enrollment was truly a
Freedmen or descendant of a fo