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-== Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency  ==
+=== Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency  ===
-[[Oglala_Sioux_Tribe,_South_Dakota|Oglala Sioux]], some [[Cheyenne_Indians|Cheyenne]] and [[Arapaho_Indians|Arapaho]] and other bands of [[Sioux_Indians|Sioux]].
+[[Oglala Sioux Tribe, South Dakota|Oglala Sioux]], some [[Cheyenne Indians|Cheyenne]] and [[Arapaho Indians|Arapaho]] and other bands of [[Sioux Indians|Sioux]].
-== History  ==
+=== History  ===
-The Red Cloud Agency was established in 1871 and was located on the North Platte River near Fort Laramie in [[Red_Cloud_Indian_Agency_(Wyoming)|Wyoming]]. In 1873, the agency was moved to the White River near Camp Robinson in northwestern Nebraska. In 1877, it was moved to the mouth of Medicine Creek on the Missouri River in present-day [[Red_Cloud_Indian_Agency_(South_Dakota)|South Dakota]]. From that point on, it has been known as the [[Pine Ridge Indian Agency (South Dakota)|Pine Ridge Agency]].<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, pp. 147-148.</ref>
+The Red Cloud Agency was established in 1871 and was located on the North Platte River near Fort Laramie in [[Red Cloud Indian Agency (Wyoming)|Wyoming]]. In 1873, the agency was moved to the White River near Camp Robinson in northwestern Nebraska. In 1877, it was moved to the mouth of Medicine Creek on the Missouri River in present-day [[Red Cloud Indian Agency (South Dakota)|South Dakota]]. From that point on, it has been known as the [[Pine Ridge Indian Agency (South Dakota)|Pine Ridge Agency]].<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, pp. 147-148.</ref>
-== Records  ==
+=== Records  ===
+Agencies and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same.''' Many of the records of genealogical value (for the tribe and tribal members)''' were created by and maintained by these offices.
 [[Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880|''Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs'']] from the Osage Agency, 1871-1880, have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Rolls 715-726<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M234, p. 8.</ref>. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their {{FHL|403528|title-id|disp=microfilm roll numbers 1661445 thru 1661456}}.
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 [[Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900|''Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900'']] have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of Microcopy Number M1070. The reports for Osage Agency, 1874-1879, are on roll 42 of that Microcopy set<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M1070, p. 48.</ref>. Copies are available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their {{FHL|403511|title-id|disp=microfilm roll number 1617715}}).
 The Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger. By Thomas R. Buecker, R. Eli Paul, and Harry H. Anderson. 1877 Military Census. This list heads of household and more. {{FHL| 704996|disp=FHL| Book 970.1 C859h}} [http://www.worldcat.org/title/crazy-horse-surrender-ledger/oclc/31361066 WorldCat]
-== References  ==
+=== References  ===
 *''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.<br>
 *Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.<br>
 *Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.<br>
 *''Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880''. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
 *''Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~texlance/records/bia(dc)intro.htm Available online]
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