• Selected Documents from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1989
  
  
• Records of Controversies, 1867 - 1879
  
  
• Kern-Clifton Roll of Cherokee Freedmen, January 16, 1867
  
  
• Alexander Gardner Portraits of Tribal Delegations to the Federal Government, 1872 and Southeastern Idaho Reservations, 1897
  
  
• Wallace Roll of Cherokee Freedmen in Indian Territory, 1890
  
  
• Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898 - 1914
  
  
• Index to the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, 1898 - 1914
  
  
• Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, 1898 - 1914
  
  
• Correspondence of Pine Ridge Day School Inspector J. J. Duncan, February 9, 1910 - September 6, 1916
  
  
• American Indians, 1881 - 1885
  
  
• General Correspondence File of the Albuquerque Indian School, 1881 - 1936
  
  
• Index to Applications Submitted for the Eastern Cherokee Roll of 1909 (Guion Miller Roll)
  
  
• Records of the U.S. Court of Claims, Completed Guion Miller Roll for Will Rogers
  
  
• Cherokee Indian Agency, Subject Numeric Correspondence Files, 1914 - 1926
  
  
• Blackfeet Industrial Survey, 1921
  
  
• Surveys of Indian Industry, 1922 - 1922
  
  
• Annual Report of the Sacramento Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 1936 - 1937
  
  
• Indian Scout Pension Files, 1939 - 1949
  
  
• Indian Scout Muster Rolls
  
  
• Cherokee Field Office Records, 1963 - 1983
  
  
• Selected Photographs Relating to the Flathead Irrigation Project and the Wind River Agency
  
  
• Photographic Negatives of Native American Delegations and Archaeology of the Southwestern United States
  
  
• Selected Documents Relating to the Southern Ute Agency, the United Pueblos Agency, and the Blackfeet Agency
  
  
• Selected Photographs from the Phoenix and Navajo Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
  
  
• Selected Documents from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest Region (Fort Worth, TX)
  
  
• Selected Documents from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Region, San Bruno, CA
  
  
• Selected Documents from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Area Office and the Taholah Agency
  
  
• 1896 Citizenship Applications Under The Act Of 1896, 1896 - 1897 (Please note: This item's descriptions does not have digital copies associated with it.)

For information on other Native American sources at the National Archives, please see:

• Research Topics: Native Americans

• Selected Documents from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1989
  1,911 photographs and documents from a wide variety of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agencies, area offices, and schools have been digitized. The digitized items date from 1890-1971 and come from the records of the following BIA units: Consolidated Chippewa/Minnesota Indian Agency, Cheyenne River Agency, Crow Creek Agency, Fort Berthold Indian Agency, Fort Totten Indian Agency, Haskell Indian Junior College, Minneapolis Area Office Pierre Indian School, Pine Ridge Indian Agency, Pipestone Indian School, Potawatomi Agency, Rosebud Agency, Rapid City Indian School, Red Lake Indian Agency, Sisseton Indian Agency, Springfield Indian School, Standing Rock Indian Agency, and the Yankton Agency. These materials are held by NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO).

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  ARC Identifier: 285565, Title: "Andrew Knife, ca. 1942."

• Records of Controversies, 1867 - 1879
  173 multi-page documents have been digitized from this series. These mostly manuscript records include letters and other documents bearing on such controversies as claims for Indian depredations, the December 29, 1890 tragedy at Wounded Knee, the distribution of supplies, an inspection of the agency by a special inspector from the Department of Interior, a fire, a lawsuit, alleged padding of the payroll, an unpopular school superintendent, the return of part of the reservation to the public domain, and other events. These materials are held by  NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO).

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  ARC Identifier: 285042, Title: "Brooke Reports 'wild scene' and Chaotic Conditions, 12/20/1890"

• Kern-Clifton Roll of Cherokee Freedmen, January 16, 1867
  1 multi-page document from this series has been digitized. The digitized document is a census of freedmen of the Cherokee Nation and their descendants. The census was taken by the Cherokee Freedmen Commission composed of William Clifton, William Tompson, and Robert H. Kern, and lists the number, name, sex, age, and district of authenticated freedmen and their descendants. There is also a supplemental list of individuals whose names appear on the rejected list submitted by the Cherokee Freedmen Commission, and held by the Indian Office to be entitled to share in the distribution of funds belonging to the Freedmen of the Cherokee Nation. These materials are held by NARA's Old Military and Civilian Records (Washington, DC).

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  ARC Identifier: 300323, Title: "Kern-Clifton Roll of Cherokee Freedmen, 01/16/1897"

• Alexander Gardner Portraits of Tribal Delegations to the Federal Government, 1872 and Portraits of Indians from Southeastern Idaho Reservations, 1897
  A number of photographs have been digitized from the Alexander Gardner Portraits series. 183 photographs have been digitized from Tribal Delegation series. Portraits of members of several Indian delegations were taken in Washington, DC, by Gardner, a Civil photographer and one-time partner of Mathew Brady. 148 photographs have been digitized from the Southeastern Idaho reservations series. These photographs consists of studio portraits of largely unidentified Indian adults and children dressed in Western clothes and native costume. These materials are held by NARA's Still Picture Records (College Park, MD).

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  ARC Identifier: 518987, Title: "Thigh-Tsheh-Sha-Lah. Brule Sioux, 1872", Local Identifier: NWDNS-75-ID-40A
  
  

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  ARC Identifier: 519227, Title: "Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho, ca. 1897", Local Identifier: NWDNS-75-SEI-36

• Wallace Roll of Cherokee Freedmen in Indian Territory, 1890
  1 multi-page document from this series has been digitized. The digitized document is a schedule of names of Cherokee freedmen created by Special Agent John W. Wallace. Individuals on the schedule were entitled to share with the Shawnee and Delaware in the per capita distribution of $75,000, appropriated by Congress in October 1888, and issued under the supervision of his office. These materials are held by NARA's Old Military and Civilian Records (Washington, DC).

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  ARC Identifier: 300345, Title: "Wallace Roll of Cherokee Freedmen in Indian Territory, ca. 1890 - ca. 1896"

• Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898 - 1914
  16,683 items have been digitized from this series. The digital copies are attached to 64,177 item descriptions, i.e., the same image may be attached to multiple item descriptions. This series contains the original applications for tribal enrollments under the act of June 28, 1898, as well as supporting documents such as birth and death affidavits, marriage licenses, transcripts of testimony taken by the Commission, correspondence relating to the status of the application, and decisions and orders of the Commission.

  Commonly called the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, the Dawes Commission was appointed by President Grover Cleveland in 1893 to negotiate with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole tribes. In return for abolishing their tribal governments and recognizing state and Federal laws, tribe members were allotted a share of common property. These materials are held by NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth, TX).

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  ARC Identifier: 267650, Title: "Enrollment for Seminole Census Card 76"

• Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, March 4, 1907
  1 multi-page document (this includes 639 pages). This is the index to the names of individuals entitled to enrollment on the rolls of the various tribes comprising the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The index entries are arranged by tribe and thereunder by enrollment category (Cherokee By Blood, Cherokee Minor, Cherokee Freedmen, etc.). The entries for each enrollment category are arranged alphabetically by surname. These materials are held by NARA's Old Military and Civilian Records (Washington, DC).

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  ARC Identifier: 300320, Title: "Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, 03/04/1907"

• Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, 1898 - 1914
  1 multi-page document concerning the Final Rolls of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory has been digitized. The document lists the names of the individuals who were allowed on the tribal rolls by the Dawes Commission. The rolls are arranged by tribe and thereunder by category (i.e. Cherokee by Blood, Cherokee Minor, Cherokee Freedmen, etc.). The final rolls can be searched to discover the enrollee's name, sex, blood degree, and census card number. The census card may provide additional genealogical information. These materials are held by NARA's Old Military and Civilian Records (Washington, DC).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the one digitized multi-page document:

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  ARC Identifier: 300321, Title: "The Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory., 03/04/1907"

• Correspondence of Pine Ridge Day School Inspector J. J. Duncan, February 9, 1910 - September 6, 1916
  1,036 documents have been digitized from this series. Among the digitized documents are letters received by the inspector from off-reservation Indian schools, reservation teachers, private parties, parents of students, administrators of other Indian agencies, missionaries, district ("additional") farmers and public school officials. Also included are copies of letters sent by the inspector to these correspondents and a folder of circulars sent to teachers. These documents are held by NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 1,036 digitized documents:

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  7. Scroll down to the part of the description that says Includes 11 file units. Click that link to view all the file units. Within the file units, click on the Includes link to view the digitized items for each file unit.

  From the Collection:

  
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  ARC Identifier: 283927, Title: "Circular From the Day School Inspector to Teachers and Housekeepers, ca. 1910"

• American Indians, 1881 - 1885
  54 photographs have been digitized from this series. The photographs are from the records of the War Department General and Special Staffs. These materials are held by NARA's Still Picture Records (College Park, MD).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 54 digitized photographs:

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  ARC Identifier: 533040, Title: "Far-say, principal Apache Chief, ca. 1881 - ca. 1885", Local Identifier: NWDNS-165-AI-1

• General Correspondence File of the Albuquerque Indian School, 1881 - 1936
  25 photographs have been digitized from this administrative series. The majority of the records concern the overall operations of the Albuquerque Indian School and, to a lesser extent, the smaller Pueblo day schools that were under its jurisdiction until 1911. Those day schools were established in or near the New Mexico pueblos of Acoma, Isleta, Laguna, San Felipe, Sandia, Santa Ana, and Zuni. These materials are held by NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 25 digitized photographs:

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  ARC Identifier: 292879, Title: "Albuquerque Indian School Complex, ca. 1910"

• Index to Applications Submitted for the Eastern Cherokee Roll of 1909 (Guion Miller Roll)
  1 index (342 pages) has been digitized. The index includes the names of all persons applying for compensation arising from the judgment of the United States Court of Claims on May 28, 1906, for the Eastern Cherokee tribe. This index is held by the Textual Archives Service Division Old Military and Civil Records (Washington, DC).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the digitized index:

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  ARC Identifier: 300330, Title: "Index to Applications Submitted for the Eastern Cherokee Roll of 1909 (Guion Miller Roll), 1909 - 1910"

• Records of the U.S. Court of Claims, Completed Guion Miller Roll for Will Rogers
  1 document had been digitized from this series. This is completed Guion Miller roll for "Will" Rogers. Rogers, a comedian, was the son of a Caucasian father and a mother who was a full-blooded Cherokee. This material is held by Old Military and Civil Records (Washington DC).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 1 digitized document from the Records of the U.S. Court of Claims:

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  ARC Identifier: 301644, Title: "Eastern Cherokee Application #9735 of Will Rogers for a share in money that was appropriated for the Eastern Cherokee Indians by Congress on June 30, 1906., 01/08/1907 - 11/01/1908"

• Cherokee Indian Agency, Subject Numeric Correspondence Files, 1914 - 1926
  33 multi-page documents have been digitized from this series. The correspondence documents the daily activity of the Superintendent in administering the Cherokee Indian Agency and Schools. These materials are held by NARA's Southeast Region (Atlanta, GA).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 33 multi-page digitized documents:

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  ARC Identifier: 279368, Title: "Letter from Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, E.B. Meritt, to The Provost Marshal General, War Department. The letter relates to the issue of Indians who should be considered as citizens or non-citizens and their subsequent eligibility for the draft., 02/26/1918", Local Identifier: NRCA-75-005-CHK35A43

• Blackfeet Industrial Survey, 1921
  246 photographs and narrative descriptions of Blackfeet Indian families compiled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. These materials are held by NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 246 digitized photographs:

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  ARC Identifier: 292891, Title: "Field Survey and Individual Indian Report of the Heart Butte District, Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana. Accompanied by Briefs and Pictures. Conducted By: F. C. Campbell, Superintendent; Richard Sanderville, Farmer; Dr. C. E. Yates, Physician; Forrest R. Stone, Superintendent of Livestock; and M. D. Strang, Farmer-at-Large, 1921, 04/1921 - 06/1921"

• Surveys of Indian Industry, 1922 - 1922
  132 documents from the 1922 survey conducted by the Lac du Flambeau Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. These materials are held by NARA's Great Lakes Region (Chicago, IL).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 132 digitized documents:

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  ARC Identifier: 282230, Title "Ba ma si no kwe (Mrs. Alice Carufel), 1922"

• Annual Report of the Sacramento Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 1936 - 1937
  1 multi-page document from this series has been digitized. The digitized report to BIA Commissioner John Collier, covering two fiscal years after the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act, reflects the viewpoint of an Agency Superintendent who wished to "liquidate the Indian Service" and may be seen as anticipating the Federal tribal termination policy of the 1950 - 1960 period. The report also gives an overall view of the lives of many northern and central California Indian groups, including those living on a number of rancherias. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Region (San Bruno, CA).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the digitized document:

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  ARC Identifier: 296222, Title: "(Annual) Narrative Report of the Superintendent, Sacramento Indian Agency, California for the Fiscal Years 1936 and 1937, by Roy Nash, 1936 - 1937 "

• Indian Scout Pension Files, 1939 - 1949
  The three page Indian Scout Pension Application Statement of Don Juan has been digitized from this series. This series includes the files of about 100 other people who applied for a pension after having served thirty days "in any Indian war or campaign, or ... in the zone of active Indian hostilities from January 1, 1817, to December 31, 1898." Files typically include an application and depositions attesting to the men's service as scouts for the U.S. Army. Some applications were submitted by widows, based on their deceased husband's service. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel, CA).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 3 digitized documents:

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  ARC Identifier: 295238, Title: "Indian Scout Pension Application Statement of Don Juan, 01/09/1922 - 08/03/1922."

• Indian Scout Muster Rolls
  1 multi-page document has been digitized. This alphabetically arranged index lists the name, enlistment number, month and year of registration for Arizona Indian scouts. This information may be used in conjunction with National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, Register of Enlistment's in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, rolls 70 and 71 to locate the enlistment register entry for each man. The index was compiled to verify scouts' service for eligibility of pensions made available by Congress starting in 1928. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel, CA)

  Search Hint: To retrieve the one multi-page digitized document:

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  ARC Identifier: 295240, Title: "Index to Arizona Indian Scout Enlistment's, ca. 1928"

• Cherokee Field Office Records, 1963 - 1983
  43 photographs and multi-page textual documents have been digitized from this series. The series contains general correspondence files, studies, reports, and lectures concerning Native American arts and crafts. Also included are lessons and instructions for weaving various baskets and mats using a variety of materials. Although the majority of this collection relates to the Cherokee Nation, there are some holdings which are associated with Native American Nations from across the country. These materials are held by NARA's Southeast Region (Atlanta, GA).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 43 digitized photographs and multi-page textual documents:

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  ARC Identifier: 281618, Title: "High School Student's Block Print of a Dancing Native American., 1972"

• Selected Photographs Relating to the Flathead Irrigation Project and the Wind River Agency
  89 photographs from these series have been digitized. Images included in the Wind River Agency series document a wide variety of activities at the reservation, including ranching and agriculture, agency staff and buildings, Indian dwellings, gatherings at the agency, and school and church activities. The digitized images also document investigations and construction on various units of the Flathead Irrigation Project which was initiated to determine rights and distribute water originating on the Flathead Indian Agency in Montana to both tribal and non-tribal land. These materials are held by NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 88 digitized documents:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
  3. Enter Flathead Irrigation Project or Wind River Agency in the Keywords box.
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  ARC Identifier: 293382, Title: "Industrial Survey, Wind River Agency" This image documents life at the Wind River Indian Agency in Wyoming

• Photographic Negatives of Native American Delegations and Archaeology of the Southwestern United States, 1879 - 1907
  315 photographs have been digitized from these two series. 274 photographs have been digitized from the Photographic Negatives of Native American Delegations and Archaeology of the Southwestern United States, 1879 - 1907. This series consists of original glass plate negatives collected by the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. Several of the photographs are identified by the names of the anthropologists on whose trips they were made, including William H. Holmes, James Mooney, R.G. Fuller, F.K. Vreeland, David I. Bushnell, Jesse W. Fewkes, and brothers Cosmos and Victor Mindeleff. Additionally, some of the photographs are identified as having been taken by Delancey Gill, who worked as a photographer for the Smithsonian Institution. 41 photographs have been digitized from the series Photographic Negatives and Prints of Native Americans and Archaeology of the Southwestern United States, 1879 - 1894 from the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology. The entire series consists of original glass plate negatives and modern copy prints of individual Native Americans and their delegations to Washington, DC; and cliff dwellings and pueblos of the Southwestern United States, including Mummy Cave in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, and the Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde, Colorado. These materials are held by the Still Picture Records (College Park, MD).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 315 digitized photographs:

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  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
  3. Enter Native American Delegations in the Keywords box.
  4. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
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  6. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link for both series retrieved.
  7. In the each series description, scroll down to the part of the description that says Includes items. Click on that link to view the hit list for all items.

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  ARC Identifier: 523559, Title "Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, ca. 1871 - ca. 1907.", Local Identifier: NWDNS-106-IN-1

• Selected Documents Relating to the Southern Ute Agency, the United Pueblos Agency, and the Blackfeet Agency
  Several documents (some multi-page) relating to Indian Agencies have been digitized. Among the digitized documents are an Industrial Survey for the Southern Ute Agency, Colorado; selected photographs from the general correspondence files of the United Pueblos Agency; and narrative information concerning the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project, in and around the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. These materials are held by NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the digitized documents:

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  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
  3. Enter McCarty's or Southern Ute Agency in the Keywords box.
  4. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
  5. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
  6. Press the Go button.
  7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

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  ARC Identifier: 293333, Title: "Mission building at United Pueblos Agency, ca. 1939"

• Selected Photographs from the Phoenix and Navajo Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
  86 photographs from the Phoenix and Navajo Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs have been digitized. Included are images of the Civilian Conservation Corps - Indian Division projects; Forestry and Grazing Division projects, the Sells Agency; education and schools; construction; housing; and Navajo code talkers. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel, CA).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 86 digitized photographs:

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  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
  3. Enter Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Keywords box.
  4. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
  5. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
  6. Select the Location filter for NARA's Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel, CA) .
  7. Press the Go button.
  8. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

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  ARC Identifier: 295246, Title: "A Papago family of four standing in front of home made of twigs on Sells Indian Reservation, Sells, Arizona."

• Selected Documents from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest Region (Fort Worth, TX)
  92 documents have been digitized. The documents were created by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, the Miami Indian Agency, Muskogee Area Office, the Shawnee Agency, the Special Disbursing Agent of the Chilocco Indian School, the Office of Indian Affairs for the Five Civilized Tribes, and the Concho Agency. The digitized documents relate to correspondence, memoranda, circulars, orders, and reports. These documents are held by NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth, TX).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 92 digitized documents:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
  3. Enter the name of the agency in which you are interested, i.e. Arapaho Agency or Muskogee Area Office or Cheyenne Agency etc. in the Keywords box.
  4. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
  5. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
  6. Select the Location filter for NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth) .
  7. Press the Go button.
  8. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

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  ARC Identifier: 268462, Title "Annual Report of Division of Extension and Industry, 1931"

• Selected Documents from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Region, San Bruno, CA
  179 images have been digitized from six series from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The digitized images include decimal subject files; extension and industry narrative reports and programs of work; land allotment and heirship case records; coded subject records, 1910-1958, of programs and administration; coded subject files, Native American education; investigative records of Special Agent in Charge (Reno), Col. L.A. Dorrington; and a report with related exhibits on Washoe Indian allotments by Special Supervisor Creel. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Region (San Bruno, CA).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 179 multi-page digitized documents:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
  3. Enter Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Keywords box.
  4. Select the limit results radio button for 1000.
  5. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
  6. Select the Location filter for NARA's Pacific Region, (San Bruno, CA) .
  7. Press the Go button.
  8. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

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  ARC Identifier: 296318, Title: "Photograph from an industrial survey report of Fort Bidwell Agency, California. Pictured is Grace Wolfin, as noted in extensive text accompanying the photograph., ca. 1924"

• Selected Documents from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Area Office and the Taholah Agency
  154 documents have been digitized from these series. The digitized documents relate to reports on irrigation matters, letters received and sent by the Taholah Indian Agency, photographic reports by Harold Weaver, Forester, and desk files of the Tribal Operations Branch at the Portland Area Office. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle, WA).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 154 digitized documents:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
  3. Enter Indian Affairs in the Keywords box.
  4. Select the limit results radio button for 1000.
  5. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
  6. Select the location filter marked NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle).
  7. Press the Go button.
  8. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

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  ARC Identifier: 298711, Title: "Forest fire in foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. This photo was taken from the Donner Pass Highway while enroute from Hoopa Reservation Agency in California to Uintah and OUray Agency in Utah, in company with Mr. George Bixby, an official of the Washington Office., 10/1937"

• 1896 Citizenship Applications Under The Act Of 1896, 1896 - 1897
  Please note: These descriptions do not have digital copies associated with them.
  18 applications have been described in ARC. These record actions taken by the Dawes Commission under the act of June 10, 1896. The information generally given includes applicant's name, case number, references to related cases, actions taken by the Commission, and references to appeals. These materials are held by NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth, TX).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the digitized applications:

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