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=== 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'''.
The '''majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies'''. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:<br>
 
*[[American Indian Allotment Records|Allotment records]]
*[[American Indian Annuity Rolls|Annuity rolls]]
*[[American Indian Census Rolls|Census records]]
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Correspondence]]
*[[American Indian Health Records|Health records]]
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Reports]]
*[[American Indian School Records|School census and records]]
*[[American Indian Vital Records Supplements in Census Rolls|Vital records]]


Many [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.132 records of the Western Shoshone Agency], 1869-1952, are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in San Francisco&lt;ref&gt;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].&lt;/ref&gt;, including student registers and attendance records, 1899-1931, and other administrative and financial records.  
Many [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.132 records of the Western Shoshone Agency], 1869-1952, are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in San Francisco&lt;ref&gt;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].&lt;/ref&gt;, including student registers and attendance records, 1899-1931, and other administrative and financial records.  
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The 1891 census roll for the Western Shoshone Agency, although missing in the above set, has been filed and microfilmed with census rolls for the [[Shoshone Indian Agency (Wyoming)|Shoshone Agency]], Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. That roll lists 590 Western Shoshone and Paiute Indians living in Nevada. It is also included in Ancestry.com's digitized set under the Shoshone Agency, rather than the Western Shoshone Agency (their images 112-133 for the years 1885, 1890-93, 1895-99.)<br>  
The 1891 census roll for the Western Shoshone Agency, although missing in the above set, has been filed and microfilmed with census rolls for the [[Shoshone Indian Agency (Wyoming)|Shoshone Agency]], Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. That roll lists 590 Western Shoshone and Paiute Indians living in Nevada. It is also included in Ancestry.com's digitized set under the Shoshone Agency, rather than the Western Shoshone Agency (their images 112-133 for the years 1885, 1890-93, 1895-99.)<br>  


Microfilm copies of [[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports..'']]. for the Western Shoshone Agency, 1907-1936, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 167-168<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 M1011, p. 27.</ref>, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their {{FHL|479404|title-id|disp=microfilm numbers 1724385-1724386}}. Reports for some years are missing.  
Microfilm copies of [[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports..'']]. for the Western Shoshone Agency, 1907-1936, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 167-168<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 M1011, p. 27.</ref>, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their {{FHL|479404|title-id|disp=microfilm numbers 1724385-1724386}}. Reports for some years are missing.


=== Records Available Through the Family History Library  ===
=== Records Available Through the Family History Library  ===
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