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[[Missouri]]'s name comes from the Missouri Indian Tribe. "Missouri" means "Town of the large canoes" | [[Missouri]]'s name comes from the Missouri Indian Tribe. "Missouri" means "Town of the large canoes" | ||
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== Tribes and Bands of Missouri == | == Tribes and Bands of Missouri == | ||
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The following list of American Indians who have lived in Missouri has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America''<ref>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/missouri/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe. | The following list of American Indians who have lived in Missouri has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America''<ref>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/missouri/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe. | ||
*[[ | *[[Caddo Indians|Caddo]] | ||
*Dakota | *Dakota | ||
*[[ | *[[Delaware Indians|Delaware]] | ||
*Fox | *Fox | ||
*Illinois | *Illinois | ||
*[[ | *[[Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska|Iowa]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Kickapoo Indians|Kickapoo]] | ||
*Missouri | *Missouri | ||
*[[ | *[[Omaha Indians|Omaha]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Osage Indians|Osage]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Oto Indians|Oto]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Quapaw Indians|Quapaw]] | ||
*Sauk | *Sauk | ||
*[[ | *[[Shawnee Indians|Shawnee]] | ||
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Sac White River Band = Chickamauga Cherokee Nation | Sac White River Band = Chickamauga Cherokee Nation | ||
Northern Cherokee | Northern Cherokee | ||
== Reservations == | == Reservations == | ||
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[[Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Agencies]] and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|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 were created by these offices. | [[Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Agencies]] and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|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 were created by these offices. | ||
The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Missouri has been compiled from Hill's ''Office of Indian Affairs...''<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches'', Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=247426&amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=The+Office+of+Indian+Affairs%2C+1824%2D1%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 970.1 H551o].)</ref>, Hill's ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians''<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. (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=207428&amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Guide+to+records+in+the+National+Archive%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 970.1 H551g].)</ref>, and others. | The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Missouri has been compiled from Hill's ''Office of Indian Affairs...''<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches'', Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=247426&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=The+Office+of+Indian+Affairs%2C+1824%2D1%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 970.1 H551o].)</ref>, Hill's ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians''<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. (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=207428&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Guide+to+records+in+the+National+Archive%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 970.1 H551g].)</ref>, and others. | ||
*[[ | *[[Great Nemaha Indian Agency (Kansas)|Great Nemaha Agency]] | ||
*[[Ioway Indian Subagency (Missouri)|Ioway Subagency]] | *[[Ioway Indian Subagency (Missouri)|Ioway Subagency]] | ||
*[[Kickapoo Indian Agency (Kansas)|Kickapoo Agency]] | *[[Kickapoo Indian Agency (Kansas)|Kickapoo Agency]] | ||