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===Introduction===
The Pima Indian Agency, located in Sacaton, Arizona is the administrative office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the [[Gila Bend Indian Reservation (Arizona)|Gila River Indian Reservation]]. Its current supervising field office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs is the [[Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Phoenix Area Office]].  
The Pima Indian Agency, located in Sacaton, Arizona is the administrative office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the [[Gila Bend Indian Reservation (Arizona)|Gila River Indian Reservation]]. Its current supervising field office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs is the [[Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Phoenix Area Office]].  
*Address: P.O. Box 8, Sacaton, AZ 85247
 
=== Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency  ===
== Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency  ==


[[Pima Indians|Pima]]  
[[Pima Indians|Pima]]  


=== History  ===
== History  ==


The original Pima Agency was established in 1859 with the appointment of a special agent who was an employee of the Overland Mail Company. That company desired to maintain good relationships with the Pima and [[Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (Arizona)|Maricopa]] Indians so they could run mail through their lands. The agent resigned in 1860 and was not replaced.  
The original Pima Agency was established in 1859 with the appointment of a special agent who was an employee of the Overland Mail Company. That company desired to maintain good relationships with the Pima and [[Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (Arizona)|Maricopa]] Indians so they could run mail through their lands. The agent resigned in 1860 and was not replaced.  
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In 1902, a separate [[Papago Indian Agency (Arizona)|Papago Agency]] was established for the Papago who lived on the [[San Xavier Indian Reservation (Arizona)|San Xavier Reservation]]. That reservation was expanded in 1917 and the Pima lost more of the area for which they had been responsible. The Salt River Reservation of Pima Indians was transferred to [[Camp McDowell Indian Agency (Arizona)|Camp McDowell Agency]] in 1910. In 1934, both the [[Salt River Indian Agency (Arizona)|Salt River]] and Camp McDowell Agencies were transferred back to the Pima Agency. At the same time, the remaining groups of Papago Indians were transferred to the Papago 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, pp. 173-175.</ref>.  
In 1902, a separate [[Papago Indian Agency (Arizona)|Papago Agency]] was established for the Papago who lived on the [[San Xavier Indian Reservation (Arizona)|San Xavier Reservation]]. That reservation was expanded in 1917 and the Pima lost more of the area for which they had been responsible. The Salt River Reservation of Pima Indians was transferred to [[Camp McDowell Indian Agency (Arizona)|Camp McDowell Agency]] in 1910. In 1934, both the [[Salt River Indian Agency (Arizona)|Salt River]] and Camp McDowell Agencies were transferred back to the Pima Agency. At the same time, the remaining groups of Papago Indians were transferred to the Papago 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, pp. 173-175.</ref>.  


==== Agent and Appointment Date  ====
== Records  ==
 
Silas St. John February 18, 1859 <ref>The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. By Edward E. Hill. Clearwater Publishing  Co., New York,  NY ©1974. FS Library Book 970.1 H551o </ref>
 
=== Records  ===


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>
[[Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880|''Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs'']] from the Pima Agency, 1859-1861, have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M234, roll 669<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 M234, p. 8.</ref>. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their {{FHL|403528|title-id|disp=microfilm roll number 1661399}}.  


*[[American Indian Allotment Records|Allotment records]]
Some of the [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.84 records] of the Pima Agency are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Los Angeles<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>. Among the records there are:
*[[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]]


[[Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880|''Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs'']] from the Pima Agency, 1859-1861, have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M234, roll 669<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 M234, p. 8.</ref>. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers on their {{FSC|403528|title-id|disp=microfilm roll number 1661399}}.
*School attendance registers, 1901-1916<br>
 
*Applications for enrollment at nonreservation Indian schools, 1905-1926  
Some of the [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.84 records] of the Pima Agency are in the[[National_Archives_Pacific_Region_(Riverside)|Pacific Regional Archives]] of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Los Angeles<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>. Among the records there are:
 
*School attendance registers, 1901-1916  
*Applications for enrollment at non reservation Indian schools, 1905-1926  
*Marriage cards, 1911-1912  
*Marriage cards, 1911-1912  
*Individual Indian history files, ca. 1911-1918  
*Individual Indian history files, ca. 1911-1918  
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*Individual Indian identification and census cards, 1929-1933
*Individual Indian identification and census cards, 1929-1933


[[Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900|''Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900'']] have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of Microcopy Number M1070. The reports for Pima, Papago and Maricopa Agency, 1883-1900, are on rolls 25-26 of that Microcopy set<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 M1070, p. 48.</ref>. Copies are available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their {{FSC|403511|title-id|disp=microfilm roll numbers 1617708-1617709}}).  
[[Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900|''Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900'']] have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of Microcopy Number M1070. The reports for Pima, Papago and Maricopa Agency, 1883-1900, are on rolls 25-26 of that Microcopy set<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 M1070, p. 48.</ref>. Copies are available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their {{FHL|403511|title-id|disp=microfilm roll numbers 1617708-1617709}}).  


Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1887, 1889-1891, 1894-1896, 1899, 1902, and 1919-1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 347-361<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 M595, p. 51.</ref>. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their {{FSC|297519|title-id|disp=microfilm numbers 579757-579770 and 580740}}). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.<br>  
Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1887, 1889-1891, 1894-1896, 1899, 1902, and 1919-1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 347-361<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 M595, p. 51.</ref>. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their {{FHL|297519|title-id|disp=microfilm numbers 579757-579770 and 580740}}). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.<br>


The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Gila River Reservation. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Pima Agency, as well as many pages of [[Indian Population Schedules -- 1900 United States Census|Indian Population Schedules]] for the native population of the Reservation. They are recorded as District 79, Gila River Reservation in Maricopa County, Arizona and in District 79, Gila River Indian Reservation, in Pinal County, Arizona.  
The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Gila River Reservation. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Pima Agency, as well as many pages of [[Indian Population Schedules -- 1900 United States Census|Indian Population Schedules]] for the native population of the Reservation. They are recorded as District 79, Gila River Reservation in Maricopa County, Arizona and in District 79, Gila River Indian Reservation, in Pinal County, Arizona.  


Microfilm copies of[[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports...'']] for the Pima Agency, 1907-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, rolls 104-105<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 FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City and their FamilySearch centers (their {{FSC|479404|title-id|disp=microfilm roll numbers 1724322-1724323}}). Reports for some years are missing.<br>  
Microfilm copies of[[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports...'']] for the Pima Agency, 1907-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, rolls 104-105<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 and their family history centers (their {{FHL|479404|title-id|disp=microfilm roll numbers 1724322-1724323}}). Reports for some years are missing.<br>
 
==== Records Available through the FamilySearch Library  ====
 
*Census Records, 1909-1940. FS Library film: 1,249,788 items 6-9 first film


*Individual History Cards 1926-1927. FS Library film: 1,249,796 items 4, 6
Census Records, 1909-1940. FHL film: 1249788 items 6-9&nbsp; first film&nbsp;&nbsp;


*School Records 1903-1938. FS Library film: 1,249,794 items 3-4 first film
Individual History Cards 1926-1927. FHL film: 12499796 items 4, 6


*Vital Records 1850-1931. FS Library film: 1,249,794 first film
School Records 1903-1938. FHL film: 1249794 items 3-4 first film  


*Birth and Death Records 1924-1932, FS Library film 579766 and 580740 (this film is part of the Annual Indian Census - census supplement)
Vital Records 1850-1931. FHL film: 1249794&nbsp; first film  


*School, Allotment, Vital Records 1915-1934. FS Library film 1,249,788 items 1-5
School, Allotment, Vital Records 1915-1934. FHL film 1249788 items 1-5  


=== 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.  

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The Pima Indian Agency, located in Sacaton, Arizona is the administrative office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Gila River Indian Reservation. Its current supervising field office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs is the Phoenix Area Office.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency[edit | edit source]

Pima

History[edit | edit source]

The original Pima Agency was established in 1859 with the appointment of a special agent who was an employee of the Overland Mail Company. That company desired to maintain good relationships with the Pima and Maricopa Indians so they could run mail through their lands. The agent resigned in 1860 and was not replaced.

The Pima and Maricopa Indians were with the area for which the Tucson Agency was responsible, so with the resignation of the agent in 1860, the Tucson Agency again was the sole agency over the Pima and Maricopa. From 1861 to 1863, Confederate troops occupied Arizona and the Tucson Agency was abandoned. In 1865, the Pima and Maricopa were assigned to the Pima, Papago, and Maricopa Agency, known later as the Gila River Agency, and after 1875 as the Pima Agency[1].

In 1902, a separate Papago Agency was established for the Papago who lived on the San Xavier Reservation. That reservation was expanded in 1917 and the Pima lost more of the area for which they had been responsible. The Salt River Reservation of Pima Indians was transferred to Camp McDowell Agency in 1910. In 1934, both the Salt River and Camp McDowell Agencies were transferred back to the Pima Agency. At the same time, the remaining groups of Papago Indians were transferred to the Papago Agency[2].

Records[edit | edit source]

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Pima Agency, 1859-1861, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234, roll 669[3]. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their microfilm roll number 1661399.

Some of the records of the Pima Agency are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Los Angeles[4]. Among the records there are:

  • School attendance registers, 1901-1916
  • Applications for enrollment at nonreservation Indian schools, 1905-1926
  • Marriage cards, 1911-1912
  • Individual Indian history files, ca. 1911-1918
  • Health records, 1911-1951
  • Tribal census rolls, 1911-1946
  • School census records, 1915-1938
  • Individual Indian identification and census cards, 1929-1933

Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900 have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of Microcopy Number M1070. The reports for Pima, Papago and Maricopa Agency, 1883-1900, are on rolls 25-26 of that Microcopy set[5]. Copies are available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their microfilm roll numbers 1617708-1617709).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1887, 1889-1891, 1894-1896, 1899, 1902, and 1919-1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 347-361[6]. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their microfilm numbers 579757-579770 and 580740). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Gila River Reservation. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Pima Agency, as well as many pages of Indian Population Schedules for the native population of the Reservation. They are recorded as District 79, Gila River Reservation in Maricopa County, Arizona and in District 79, Gila River Indian Reservation, in Pinal County, Arizona.

Microfilm copies of...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Pima Agency, 1907-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, rolls 104-105[7], available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and their family history centers (their microfilm roll numbers 1724322-1724323). Reports for some years are missing.

Census Records, 1909-1940. FHL film: 1249788 items 6-9  first film  

Individual History Cards 1926-1927. FHL film: 12499796 items 4, 6

School Records 1903-1938. FHL film: 1249794 items 3-4 first film

Vital Records 1850-1931. FHL film: 1249794  first film

School, Allotment, Vital Records 1915-1934. FHL film 1249788 items 1-5

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, p. 137.
  2. ↑ 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. 173-175.
  3. ↑ American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M234, p. 8.
  4. ↑ Guide to Federal Records, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. Available online
  5. ↑ American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M1070, p. 48.
  6. ↑ American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M595, p. 51.
  7. ↑ 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.
  • American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
  • 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.
  • Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
  • 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. Available online
  • "Accompanying Pamphlet for Microcopy 1011", National Archives Microfilm Publications, Appendix.

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