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Nevada Indian Agency (Nevada)

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

Paiute, Shoshone, Washoe

History[edit | edit source]

The Nevada Agency was a continuation of the Carson Valley Agency.^[1] It was abolished in 1921^[2], but in 1952 was established as a statewide jurisdiction reporting to the Phoenix Area Office.^[3]

Frederick Dodge 1858, Jacob T. Lockhart 1861, Franklin Campbell 1865, Lt. Jesse M. Lee 1869, George Balcom 1870, Calvin A. Bateman 1871, and A. J. Barnes 1875, William M. Garvey 1879, and James E. Spencer 1879 ^[4]

Records[edit | edit source]

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.

records of the Nevada Agency are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in San Francisco ^[5]

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1886-1907 and for 1909 thru 1921. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 288-289.^[6] Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their microfilm numbers 579698-579699). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Nevada Agency. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Nevada Agency, as well as many pages of Indian Population Schedules for the native population. They are recorded as District 51, Nevada Agency (also known as Pyramid Lake Agency), in Washoe County, Nevada. United States Census, 1900 (index & images) - FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Nevada Agency, 1907-1922, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 92^[7], available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, film number 1724310.

Records available through FamilySearch Library[edit | edit source]

Tribal roll for the Pyramid Lake Paiute FS Library Film: 1036740 Item 5

Census Rolls 1886-1907, 1909-1921 FS Library Film: 579698 and 579699

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, pp. 108-109.
↑ 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, p. 171.
↑ Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco) -- Record Group 75. Available online.
↑ Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974. FS Library book 970.1H551o
↑ Guide to Federal Records, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. Available online. <ref> Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco) -- Record Group 75. Available online. including a variety of administrative files, 1895-1975.
↑ American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy 595, p. 51
↑ 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

[1] Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, pp. 108-109.

[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, p. 171.

[3] Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco) -- Record Group 75. Available online.

[4] Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974. FS Library book 970.1H551o

[5] Guide to Federal Records, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. Available online. <ref> Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco) -- Record Group 75. Available online. including a variety of administrative files, 1895-1975.

[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 595, 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.

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 Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1886-1907 and for 1909 thru 1921. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 288-289.<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 595, 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 579698-579699}}). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.
-The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Nevada Agency. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Nevada Agency, as well as many pages of [[Indian Population Schedules -- 1900 United States Census|Indian Population Schedules]] for the native population. They are recorded as District 51, Nevada Agency (also known as Pyramid Lake Agency), in Washoe County, Nevada. {{RecordSearch|1325221|United States Census, 1900}} (index and images) - FamilySearch - [[United States Census, 1900 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]].
+The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Nevada Agency. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Nevada Agency, as well as many pages of [[Indian Population Schedules -- 1900 United States Census|Indian Population Schedules]] for the native population. They are recorded as District 51, Nevada Agency (also known as Pyramid Lake Agency), in Washoe County, Nevada. {{RecordSearch|1325221|United States Census, 1900}} (index & images) - FamilySearch - [[United States Census, 1900 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]].
 Microfilm copies of [[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports...'']] for the Nevada Agency, 1907-1922, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 92<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, {{FSC|479404|title-id|disp=film number 1724310}}.