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Guide to '''Quechan Indian ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and other agency records.
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Variant spellings: '''Quechan, Kwtsan, Kwtsaan'''
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=== Tribal Headquarters  ===
== Tribal Headquarters  ==


'''Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe Indian Tribe'''<br>P.O. Box 1899<br>Yuma, AZ 85366-1899<br>Phone: 760-919-3600<br>[https://www.quechantribe.com/ Website]
== History  ==


=== History ===
== Brief Timeline ==


Also known as Yuma.
== Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Band  ==


=== Brief Timeline ===
== Reservations ==


1850's: Fort Yuma Established -Colonel Heintzelman
== Records  ==


1857: War with the Pima Indians nearly annihilated the tribe.
== Important Web Sites  ==


6 Jul 1883: Yuma Reservation established 1934: Tribe established a constitution
== References  ==
===Land Records===
Land is Tribally-owned 617 acres. [[American Indian Allotment Records|Allotted land:]] 8,629 acres


=== Reservations  ===
<references />


[[Yuma Indian Reservation (California)|Yuma Reservation ]]
== Bibliography  ==


=== 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:


*[[American Indian Allotment Records|Allotment records]]
[[Category:Arizona Indian Tribes]]
*[[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]]
 
=== Agencies  ===
 
[[Fort Yuma Indian Agency (Arizona)|Yuma Agency]]Arizona  
 
[[Fort Yuma Indian Agency (California)|Yuma Agency]]California
 
=== School Records  ===
 
[[Fort Yuma Indian Boarding School (California)|Fort Yuma Indian School]]
 
=== For Further Reading  ===
 
For background information to help find Native American ancestors see [[American Indian For Further Reading|'''For Further Reading''']].
===Websites===
*[http://thorpe.ou.edu/IRA/quecons.html Constitution and By-Laws] of the Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Reservation California, Approved December 18, 1936.
*[http://www.itcaonline.com/tribes_quechan.html Fort Yuma-Quechan Tribe]
*Quechan Tribe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quechan Wikipedia]
 
=== References  ===
 
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[[Category:Indigenous Tribes of Arizona]]

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