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=== History === | === History === | ||
A boarding school was opened on the Oneida Reservation in 1892. It was under the jurisdiction of the [[Green Bay Indian Agency (Wisconsin)|Green Bay Agency]]. The school was made independent of Green Bay in 1895 and made an agency in 1900. The school closed in 1919 and the agency abolished. The Oneida Indians were then assigned to the [[Keshena Indian Agency (Wisconsin)|Keshena Agency]]<ref>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, p. 172.</ref>. | A boarding school was opened on the [[Oneida_Indian_Reservation_(Wisconsin)|Oneida Reservation]] in 1892. It was under the jurisdiction of the [[Green Bay Indian Agency (Wisconsin)|Green Bay Agency]]. The school was made independent of [[Green_Bay_Indian_Agency_(Wisconsin)|Green Bay]] in 1895 and made an agency in 1900. The school closed in 1919 and the agency abolished. The Oneida Indians were then assigned to the [[Keshena Indian Agency (Wisconsin)|Keshena Agency]]<ref>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, p. 172.</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 the agencies'''. | |||
A small amount of [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.73 records of the Oneida Agency] are in the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago, including marriage certificates, 1907-1908<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>. | A small amount of [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.73 records of the Oneida Agency] are in the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago, including marriage certificates, 1907-1908<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>. | ||