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The Plummer Field Office is an operating office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Its supervising office is the [[Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Portland Area Office]]. | The Plummer Field Office is an operating office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Its supervising office is the [[Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Portland Area Office]]. | ||
== Indian Tribe Associated With This Field Office == | === Indian Tribe Associated With This Field Office === | ||
[[ | [[Coeur d'Alene Indians|Coeur d'Alene]] | ||
== History == | === History === | ||
By 1992, the [[Northern Idaho Indian Agency (Idaho)|Northern Idaho Agency]] served the [[ | By 1992, the [[Northern Idaho Indian Agency (Idaho)|Northern Idaho Agency]] served the [[Kootenai Indians, Idaho|Kootenai]] Tribe, the [[Nez Perce Indians|Nez Perce]] Tribe and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe. In that year, a field office was established in Plummer, Idaho to serve only the Coeur d'Alene Tribe<ref>Interior Board of Indian Appeals, Nez Perce Tribe v. Northwest Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 36 IBIA 237 (07/30/2001), p. 2, Factual Background. [http://www.oha.doi.gov/IBIA/IbiaDecisions/36ibia/36ibia237.PDF Available online.]</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'''. | |||
<references /> | === References === | ||
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*''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998. | *''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998. | ||