This whites-only rule was part of their bylaws until 1974, when the all-white clause was eliminated. Despite the name, the order was formed solely by, and for, white men. Their rituals and regalia are modeled after those assumed by men of the era to be used by Native Americans. It claims direct descent from the colonial era Sons of Liberty. The Improved Order of Red Men is a fraternal organization established in North America in 1834. Improved Order of Red Men membership certificate, 1889, with busts of Washington and Tammany, and vignettes of imagined scenes of Native American life and cultures. Improved Order of Red Men Museum and Library, Waco, Texas