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== Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency == | == Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency == | ||
Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole | [[Creek_Indians|Creek]], [[Cherokee_Indians|Cherokee]], [[Choctaw_Indians|Choctaw]], [[Chickasaw_Indians|Chickasaw]], [[Seminole_Indians|Seminole]] | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The Creek, Choctaw (including the Chickasaw), and Seminole Agencies were consolidated with the Cherokee Agency on 30 June 1874. On the 22nd of December of that year, the name of the agency was changed to Union Agency, with headquarters in Muskogee, Oklahoma. It was temporarily abolished on 30 June 1878, but re-established in August of 1879<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, pp. 181-182.</ref>. It was consolidated with the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (also known as the Dawes Commission) on 1 September 1914 to form the Five Civilized Tribes Agency, which was absorbed by the [[Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Muskogee Area Office]] in 1948<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, pp. 168-170.</ref>. | The [[Creek_Indian_Agency_(Oklahoma)|Creek,]] [[Choctaw_Indian_Agency_(Oklahoma)|Choctaw]] (including the [[Chickasaw_Indian_Agency_(Oklahoma)|Chickasaw]]), and [[Seminole_Indian_Agency_(Oklahoma)|Seminole Agencies ]]were consolidated with the [[Cherokee_Indian_Agency_(Oklahoma)|Cherokee Agency]] on 30 June 1874. On the 22nd of December of that year, the name of the agency was changed to Union Agency, with headquarters in Muskogee, Oklahoma. It was temporarily abolished on 30 June 1878, but re-established in August of 1879<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, pp. 181-182.</ref>. It was consolidated with the Commission to the [[Five_Civilized_Tribes|Five Civilized Tribes]] (also known as the Dawes Commission) on 1 September 1914 to form the [[Five_Civilized_Tribes_Indian_Agency_(Oklahoma)|Five Civilized Tribes Agency]], which was absorbed by the [[Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Muskogee Area Office]] in 1948<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, pp. 168-170.</ref>. | ||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
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== 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.<br> | *''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.<br> | ||
*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.<br> | *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.<br> | ||
*Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.<br> | *Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.<br> | ||
*''Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880''. National Archives Microcopy T1105. | *''Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880''. National Archives Microcopy T1105. | ||
*''Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~texlance/records/bia(dc)intro.htm Available online] | *''Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~texlance/records/bia(dc)intro.htm Available online] | ||