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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 the agencies'''. | |||
Some of the [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.54 records of the Leech Lake Agency] have been transferred to the [http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/contact/directions-il.html Great Lakes Regional Archives] of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago and others to the Central Plains Regional Archives of NARA in Kansas City<ref>Guide to Federal Records, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html Available online].</ref>. Most of the agency records thus transferred, of greatest value to family historians, are in the Chicago collection. They include: | Some of the [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.54 records of the Leech Lake Agency] have been transferred to the [http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/contact/directions-il.html Great Lakes Regional Archives] of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago and others to the Central Plains Regional Archives of NARA in Kansas City<ref>Guide to Federal Records, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html Available online].</ref>. Most of the agency records thus transferred, of greatest value to family historians, are in the Chicago collection. They include: | ||