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Archives Record ARCHIVES RECORD film RG508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs Records: 1824-1939 No. of Items: 229 reels of microfilm, 3 boxes, and oversize documents. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection consists of records of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1824-1939, and documents the interaction between the United States government and the various tribes. It also contains records relating to intertribal matters. Most of the records are on microfilm and were purchased from the National Archives from their collection NARS RG075. Other records were donated to the archives, or were selected by James C. Olson in 1955 for microfilming from holdings of the National Archives. Reels are numbered consecutively as they are received. They are described in the inventory in the subgroup to which they relate but roll numbering is not consecutive within each subgroup. The collection is arranged in six subgroup: (1) Incoming Correspondence of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880, from other agencies and superintendents; (2) Outgoing correspondence of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1824-1840; (3) Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1845-1900; (4) Miscellaneous Reports and Correspondence, 1855-1897; (5) Agency Files, 1825-1939; and (6) Indian Census Records, 1885-1924. Subgroup One, Incoming Correspondence, is broken down by agency or topic and is arranged either chronologically or alphabetically within each calendar year. Subgroup Two, Outgoing Correspondence, is arranged chronologically. Subgroup Three, Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is arranged chronologically. Subgroup Four, Miscellaneous Reports and Correspondence contains reports and correspondence relating to Indian Affairs but not necessarily generated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Included are Congressional reports relating to negotiations with the tribes and reports of hostilities. Also included (Roll 165, Item #12) are excerpts of the annual report of the War Department, 1897 relating to the Missouri River steamboats and bridges. Subgroup Five, Agency Files, contains correspondence and reports relating to or generated by individual Indian agencies and is divided into four series. Series one consists of special files from the Office of Indian Affairs relating to claims and investigations. Series two includes correspondence and documents pertaining to Red Cloud Agency and agencies other than Pine Ridge Agency. This series also contains records relating to land allotments, an interview with Red Cloud, and a ledger of Indian surrenders at Red Cloud Agency. Series Three comprises the bulk of this subgroup, containing letters sent from the Pine Ridge Agency to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and to other agencies and individuals. Series Four consists of central classified files, correspondence and reports from and about the Genoa Industrial School and the Santee Boarding School. Subgroup Six, Census Records, contains the names of residents and vital statistics of those persons who maintained a formal affiliation with a tribe under Federal supervision. These are arranged chronologically by tribe. RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs i ADDED ENTRIES:** Albin, William M., ARAPAHOE INDIANS Ashley, Robert H (Robert Harrid), 1832- * Augur, C. C. (Christopher Colon), 1821-1898 Balcombe, St. A. D. (Saint Andre Durand), 1829- Blackfoot Indian Agency Bogy, Lewis V. (Lewis Vital), 1813-1877 * Bradley, Taylor, d.1898 (Agt, Winnebago) BRIDGES--MISSOURI RIVER Briggs, John S. (John Story) (Agt, Otoe Agency) * Bruner, Uriah, 1830-1905 Burbank, John A. (Agt, Great Nemaha) Burgess, William, 1823-1905 Callon, William P Ceasar, John (Pawnee Indian) CENSUS * Chamberlin, A. T. (Spec. Agt, Ft. Laramie) Chase, Benjamin, 1789-1870 Chase, Champion S (Champion Spalding), 1820-1898 * Chase, Hiram (III), 1861-1928 Chicago and North Western Railroad Company CHIPPEWA INDIANS Clark, E. M. [West Point, NE] Clark, Elam [Ft. Calhoun, NE] Clum, H. R., Coe, Isaac, 1816-1899 Coffin, William B. (Pawnee Agt) Columbus, Jake (Pawnee Indian) Cooley, Dennis N. Coolidge, H. P. (Henry P.), 1835-1918 * Cooper, J. P. (Special Indian Agent) Council Bluffs Indian Agency Cowgill, T. G. (Santee Agt) Crawford, George W Crazy Horse (Ogalala Chief), -1877 Cunningham, E. E. (Ebenezer Erskine), 1839- CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG, 1839-1876 Davenport, George F. [Lincoln, NE] Diebold and Kienzle Safes (Chicago, Ill.) Dole, William P. Dupree, William (Pawnee Agt) Eagle Works Manufacturing Company (Chicago, Ill.) Ely, Samuel S. (Otoe Agt) Fontenelle, Henry, 1832-1899 FOX INDIANS Fuller, Azariah B. [Decatur, NE] RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs ii Furnas, Robert W. (Robert Wilkinson), 1824-1905 * RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs iii ADDED ENTRIES (cont) Genoa Indian School (Genoa, Neb.) * GHOST DANCE GRATTAN, LT. JOHN L., 1830-1854 GRATTAN MASSACRE Great Nemaha Indian Agency (Nohart, Neb.) * Green, Albert L. (Albert Lamborn), 1845-1947 Guest, Jesse W. (Otoe Agency) Hancock, Elizabeth Y. Harlan, James, 1820-1899 Hampton, B. Denman (Supt, Omaha Agency) Hendrie, C. F. Hoag, Enoch, c.1811-1884 INDIAN AGENCIES AND AGENTS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA [1824-1939] INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--AGRICULTURE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--CENSUS [1885-1917] INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--CLAIMS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--COLORADO INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--EDUCATION INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--EMIGRATION INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--GOVERNMENT RELATIONS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--KANSAS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--LANDS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--LAWS AND LEGISLATION INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--MINNESOTA INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--NEBRASKA INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--PROPERTY INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--RESERVATIONS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--SOUTH DAKOTA INK-PA-DUTA IOWA INDIANS Irwin, James (Shoshone & Bannock Agency, Wyo.T) * Janney, Asa M. (Santee Sioux Agt) * Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel MacPherson), 1801-1880 * Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Railroad Company* Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896 Littlefield, J. S. (Agt, Great Nemaha Agency) * Livingston, Robert R. (Robert Ramsay), 1827-1888 * Mathewson, Col. Charles, 1812-1880 Megeath & Company (Council Bluffs, Iowa) * Millard, Ezra, 1833-1886 MISSOURI INDIANS MISSOURI RIVER--NAVIGATION Mix, Charles E. RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs iv Mount Vernon Iron Works (Mount Vernon, Ohio) * RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs v ADDED ENTRIES (CONT): Nebraska. Superintendent of Public Instruction Norris, Chauncey H. (Chauncey Hobart), 1836-1911 * North-Western Cement Pipe Company (Omaha, Neb.) * NORTHERN CHEYENNE Officer and Pusey (Council Bluffs, Iowa) OGALALA LAKOTA INDIANS Olson, Ole C. (Omaha Agt) Omaha and Northwestern Railroad Company Omaha Boarding School Omaha Indian Agency OMAHA INDIANS OTO INDIANS Otoe and Missouria Indian Agency Painter, Edward (U.S. Agt, Omaha) Parker, Ely S. (Ely Samuel), 1828-1895 Parson, J. A. Patrick, Mathewson T., 1831-1899 Pawnee Indian Agency (Genoa, Neb.) * PAWNEE INDIANS Platt, Elvira G. (Elvira Gaston), 1818-1914 PLATTE COUNTY (NEB.)--HISTORY Ponca Indian Agency PONCA INDIANS Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions Qyres, E. D. [Dakota City, Neb.] Red Cloud (Oglala Sioux Chief), 1822-1909 Red Cloud Indian Agency Reynolds, Joseph J. (Joseph Jones), 1822-1899 * Roberts, Artemas A., 1841-1944 Ruggles, George (George David), 1833-1904 * St. Cyr, Mitchel W. (Interpreter) Santee Sioux Indian Agency (Niobrara, Neb.T) * SARPY, PETER A (PETER ABADIE), 1805-1865 * SAUK INDIANS Sheridan, Phil H (Philip Henry), 1831-1888 SIOUAN INDIANS Sisseton Indian Agency SISSETON INDIANS SITTING BULL (DAKOTA CHIEF), 1831-1890 Smith, John L. (Otoe Agency) Spotted Tail Indian Agency STATE OF NEBRASKA vs. YELLOW SON (LA COO dah COT) et al. Butler County, Nebraska, District Court STEAMBOATS--MISSOURI RIVER Stewart, Joseph I. [Baltimore] Stone, James M. (Santee Sioux Agt) * RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs vi ADDED ENTRIES (cont): Taylor, Edward B (Edward Boyd), 1821-1872 * Taylor, Nathaniel G. (Nathaniel Green), 1819-1887* Thompson, Clark W., 1825-1885 Troth, Jacob M. (Pawnee Agent) Truman, George S. (Santee Agency Farmer) United States. Army. Department of the Platte United States. Board of Indian Commissioners United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Northern Superintendency United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. St. Louis Superintendency United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Central Superintendency United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Dakota Superintendency United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Wyoming Superintendency United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Montana Superintendency United States. Commission to Meet Sitting Bull United States. Congress. House and Senate United States. Indian Peace Commission (1867) * United States. Congress. Joint Special Committee to Inquire into Conditions of Indian Tribes United States. Department of Agriculture United States. Department of the Interior. Indian Division United States. Office of Indian Affairs United States. Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs United States. War Department Upper Missouri Indian Agency Upper Platte Indian Agency (Fort Laramie, Wyo.) * Van Valkenburgh, Robert B. Walker, Lucius C. (Agt, Chippewa) * Webster, Joseph (Santee Agt) * Whaley, Charles H. (Pawnee Agt) * Whetstone Indian Agency. Sioux Indian Country White, Barclay, 1821- White, Howard (Winnebago Agt) * White River Indian Agency (Colo.T) * WHITEWATER, JAMES (Otoe Indian)
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