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Cartographic Records Of The Bureau Of Indian Affairs Compiled by Lauro E. Kelsay ' National Archives and Records Service General Services Administration Washington: 1977 Special List 13 Foreword The General Services Administration, through the National Archives and Records Service, is responsible for administering the permanent noncurrent records of the Federal Government. These archival holdings, now amounting to more than 1 million cubic feet, date from the days of the First Continental Congress and consist of the basic records of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of our Government. The Presidential libraries of Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson contain the papers of those Presidents and many of their associates in office. While •• many of the archival holdings document events of great moment in our • Nation's history, most of them are preserved because of their continuing practical use in the ordinary processes of government, for the protection of private rights, and for the research use of scholars and students. To facilitate the use of the records and to describe their nature and content, archivists prepare various kinds of finding aids. The present work is one such publication. We believe that it will prove valuable to anyone who wishes to use the records it describes . • iii Preface Special lists are published by the National Archives and Records Service (NARS) as part of its records description program. The special list describes in detail the contents of certain important records series ; that is, units of records of the same form or that deal with the same subject or activity or that are arranged serially. Its form and style are not fixed but vary according to the nature of the records to which it relates. Its distinguishing characteristic is that it goes beyond the general description contained in a record group registration statement, a preliminary inventory, or an inventory and describes records in terms of individual record items. In addition to lists and other finding aids that relate to particular record groups, NARS issues publications that give an overall picture of materials in its custody. A new, comprehensive Guide to the National Archives of the United States and a guide devoted to one geographical area - Guide to Materials on Latin America in the National Archives of the United States were published in 1974. Reference information papers analyze records in the National Archives of the United States (hereafter called the Archives) on such subjects as transportation, small business, and the Middle East. Records of the Civil War are described in Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War ( 1962), Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America ( 1968), and Civil War Maps in the National Archives (1964); those of World War I in Handbook of Federal World War Agencies and Their Records, 1917-1921 (1943); and those of World War II in the two-volume guide, Federal Records of World War II (1950-51 ). Genealogical records are described in Guide to Genealogical Records in the National Archives ( 1964 ). In the Archives are large quantities of audiovisual materials received from all sources: Government, private, and commercial. The Guide to the Ford Film Collection in the National Archives ( 1970) describes one of the largest private gift collections. The extensive body of maps and charts is described in Guide to Cartographic Records in the National Archives (1971 ). Many bodies of records of high research value have been microfilmed by NARS as a form of publication. Positive prints of these microfilm publications, many of which are described in the current Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications, are available for purchase. For other publications, see the most recent Select List of Publications of the National Archives and Records Service, General Information Leaflet No. 3. JAMES B. RHOADS Archivist of the United States v Contents Page Introduction ... ... .. ... .. .. .... .. .. ....... .. .. .. .... ...... .... Central map files . 3 A. Numbered maps . 3 B. Unnumbered maps . 71 Cartographic records of the Land Division . 72 A. Special maps, plats , and diagrams in the township plat flie s . 73 B. Manuscript, annotated, and published maps . 86 Cartographic records of the Irrigation Division . 98 Cartographic records of the Forestry and Grazing Division . ... .... ... .... ........ .. 121 A. Manuscript and annotated maps . .. .. ...... ..... ... ... ......... 121 B. Published maps .... .. .... .. .... .. ..... ... .. ... .... .. 13 8 Cartographic records of the Education Division .. .. .. ...... .. .. ... ... ..... 139 Cartographic records of the Division of Extension and Industry . .. .. .... .. .. .. ...... 140 Cartographic records of the Statistics Division . 140 Cartographic records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division .. .. .. ............ .. .. 141 Cartographic records of the Roads Division .. ... .... .. ....... ... .. ....... .... .. ... 143 Cartographic records of the Division of Soil and Moisture Conservation Operations .. ..... .... ... ... 154 Cartographic records of the Branch of Industrial Development .. ... .. .... .. ....... ... 15 5 Cartographic records of the Branch of Plant Management . 15 5 Cartographic records of field offices . .. .. .. ... .. .... .. ..... ...... ....... 156 Indian agencies . ... .. .. ........... .... .. ...... ... ... ... .. .. ... 156 Other field offices ..... ...... ... .. ... .. .... .. ... ... .. ... .. ....... .. .. 157 Appendix: Township plats, maps, and diagrams of lands in Indian reservations and adjacent areas, 1850-1935 . .. ... .... .... ..... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 159 Index .. .. ..... ........ .... .... ... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 171 vii Introduction Among the duties assigned to the War Department when it was created by an act on August 7, 1789, was the administration of Indian Mfairs. A Bureau of Indian Mfairs (BIA) was organized as a separate agency in the Department on March II, 1824. An act of July 9, 1832 (4 Stat. 564), authorized the appointment of a Commissioner of Indian Mfairs who, subject to the Secretary of War and the President, should have "the direction and management of all Indian Mfairs and all matters arising out of Indian relations." The BIA passed from military to civil control when it was transferred to the Department of the Interior at the time of its establishment in 1849. Functions and policies of the Bureau have changed with time and circumstances. By 1970 the principal objectives were to encourage and train native Americans and Alaskans to manage their own affairs under the trust relationship to the Federal Government, to facilitate full development of their human and natural resource potentials, to mobilize all public and private aids to their advancement, and to utilize their skills and capabilities in the management of programs for their benefit. 1 The records of the BIA and its predecessors comprise Record Group 75 in the National Archives of the United States. The maps and other cartographic records, dating from the early 1800's to the mid-1960's, were transferred to the National Archives at different intervals from 1938 to 1972. They amount to about 294 cubic feet , including 13 cubic feet of aerial photographic prints of lands in certain Indian reservations in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah not described in this special list. This list consists of revised descriptions of cartographic records of the BIA main­ tained as central map files by the Mails and Files Division and cartographic records of the Irrigation Division described in Laura E. Kelsay, comp., List of Cartographic Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, NARS Special list 13 (Washington, 1954), and descriptions of cartographic records of I 0 other divisions or branches of the BIA and of a few Indian agencies and other field offices. Although the Mails and Files Division had custody of certain records of the Bureau, each of the other divisions also kept its own records. Brief summary descriptions of the types of maps are given in the introductory remarks for the central map files and for the separate divisions preceding the more detailed descriptions given under numbered entries by State or the United States as a whole. No attempt has been made in this list to cross-reference items described under one State to related items described under another State or between one division and another. Using the index to proper names at the end of the list, the reader can locate all the references to a given Indian tribe, band, or reservation listed herein. Many differences in the spelling of names of tribes, bands, and reservations were found on the maps. The following sources were consulted in determining the spelling to be used in the list: Hodge, Frederick W. , ed., Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30 (Washington, 1907-10), 2 vols. Kappler, Charles J., comp. and ed .,Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Washington, 1903), , 2 vols. (57th Cong., 1st sess., S. Doc. 452). 1 United States Government Organization Manual, 1970-71, p. 239. 2 INTRODUCTION Kroeber, A. L. , Handbook of the Indians of California, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 78 (Washington, 1925), 995 p. Royce, Charles C., comp.,Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Bureau of American Ethnology, 18th Annual Report, pt. 2 (Washington, 1899), p. 521-997. U.S. Congress, House, Committee
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