Person: Susan Crawfish

  • Nationality: Myaamia
    Family Group: Shapp
  • ID: 2779
    Gender: Female
    Date of Birth: Abt 1863
    Location of Birth: N/A
    Date of Death: Knw 09-11-1928
    Location of Death: N/A
  • Biography/Notes:
    The daughter of Martin Luther and Mihšiiminaapowa, Susan was the half-sister of Mary Shapp (Pankihšinohkwa) and John Shapp (Awansaapia). She married Thomas Crawfish and had ten children, but only four were living in 1910: Luella Isadore (Mihšiiminaapowa), Mary, Minnie, and Lucy. Isadore was the only child living at the time allotments were made. Thomas Crawfish's family was Quapaw, and today many of his and Susan's descendants are citizens of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.

Alias:
  • Susette Crawfish

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Birth

Abt 1863

1889 Allotment

March 2, 1889

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States of America in Congressa ssembled, That the provisions of chapter One hundred and Nineteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty seven, entitled "An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations,and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes," are hereby declared to extend to and are made app...


Death

September 11, 1928