A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Classified Files, 1907–1939 Series B: Indian Customs and Social Relations Project Editor and Guide Compiled by Robert E. Lester A microfilm project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA An Imprint of CIS 4520 East-West Highway • Bethesda, MD 20814–3389 i Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs central classified files, 1907–1939 [microform] / project editor, Robert E. Lester. microfilm reels Accompanied by printed guide compiled by Robert E. Lester, with title: A guide to the microfilm edition of Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs central classified files, 1907–1939. Contents: ser. A. Indian delegations to Washington. ser. B. Indian customs and social relations. ISBN 1-55655-599-7 1. United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs—Archives. 2. Indians of North America—Government relations—1869–1934—Sources. I. Lester, Robert. II. United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. III. University Publications of America (Firm) IV. Title: Guide to the microfilm edition of Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs central classified files, 1907–1939. [E93] 353.0081 497—dc20 95-18006 CIP Copyright © 1997 by University Publications of America. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55655-599-7. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... vii Scope and Content Note ............................................................................................................................... xv Source Note ................................................................................................................................................... xvii Editorial Note ................................................................................................................................................ xvii Abbreviations List .......................................................................................................................................... xvii Tribes/Agencies/Jurisdictions/Reservations List ...................................................................................... xix Name List ....................................................................................................................................................... xxi Reel Index INDIAN CUSTOMS (Decimal numbers 060–068) Reel 1 Blackfeet....................................................................................................................................... 1 Cherokee Nation ......................................................................................................................... 2 Cheyenne and Arapaho .............................................................................................................. 2 Cheyenne River ........................................................................................................................... 3 Chickasaw Nation ........................................................................................................................ 4 Choctaw Nation ........................................................................................................................... 4 Reel 2 Choctaw Nation cont................................................................................................................... 5 Coeur d’Alene ............................................................................................................................. 5 Colville ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Consolidated Chippewa .............................................................................................................. 6 Consolidated Ute......................................................................................................................... 7 Creek ............................................................................................................................................ 7 Crow ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Five Tribes .................................................................................................................................... 8 Reel 3 Five Tribes cont. .......................................................................................................................... 9 Flathead ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Fond du Lac ................................................................................................................................. 10 Fort Apache ................................................................................................................................. 10 Fort Belknap ................................................................................................................................ 10 Reel 4 Fort Hall ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Fort Totten ................................................................................................................................... 11 Fort Yuma ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Hopi ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Jicarilla ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Kiowa ............................................................................................................................................ 14 Reel 5 Kiowa cont. .................................................................................................................................. 14 Klamath ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Lac du Flambeau ......................................................................................................................... 16 Reel 6 Lac du Flambeau cont................................................................................................................. 16 Leech Lake................................................................................................................................... 16 Mescalero ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Navajo ........................................................................................................................................... 17 Northern Idaho ........................................................................................................................... 19 Omaha.......................................................................................................................................... 19 Osage ............................................................................................................................................ 19 iii Reel 7 Otoe.............................................................................................................................................. 20 Paiute ........................................................................................................................................... 20 Pawnee ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Pierre ............................................................................................................................................ 21 Pima.............................................................................................................................................. 21 Reel 8 Pine Ridge .................................................................................................................................... 22 Ponca ............................................................................................................................................ 25 Potawatomi .................................................................................................................................. 25 Pueblo Bonito .............................................................................................................................. 25 Quapaw ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Red Lake ...................................................................................................................................... 26 Rocky Boy ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Reel 9 Rosebud ....................................................................................................................................... 26 Sac and Fox—Iowa 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