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=== Agencies  ===
=== Agencies  ===
[[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 Illinois 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 {{FHL|247426|title-id|disp=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 {{FHL|207428|title-id|disp=book 970.1 H551g}}.)</ref>, and others.  
The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Illinois 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 {{FHL|247426|title-id|disp=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 {{FHL|207428|title-id|disp=book 970.1 H551g}}.)</ref>, and others.  


[[Delaware and Shawnee Indian Agency (Kansas)|Shawnee Agency ]]- Kansas,  
[[Delaware and Shawnee Indian Agency (Kansas)|Shawnee Agency ]]- Kansas, [[Delaware and Shawnee Indian Agency (Missouri)|Shawnee Agency ]]- Missouri, [[Piqua Indian Agency (Ohio)|Piqua and Ohio Agency]], [[Fort Leavenworth Indian Agency (Kansas)|Fort Leavenworth Agency]], [[Kansas Indian Agency (Kansas)|Kansas Agency]], [[Union Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Union Agency]], [[Neosho Indian Agency (Kansas)|Neosho Agency]], [[Quapaw Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Quapaw Agency]], [[Seneca Indian Agency (New York)|Seneca Agency]], [[Wichita Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Wichita Agency]] ,[[Sac and Fox Indian Agency (Iowa)|Sac and Fox Agency ]]- Iowa , [[Sac and Fox Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Sac and Fox Agency ]]- Oklahoma
[[Delaware and Shawnee Indian Agency (Missouri)|Shawnee Agency ]]- Missouri, [[Piqua Indian Agency (Ohio)|Piqua and Ohio Agency]],
[[Fort Leavenworth Indian Agency (Kansas)|Fort Leavenworth Agency]],  
[[Kansas Indian Agency (Kansas)|Kansas Agency]], [[Union Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Union Agency]], [[Neosho Indian Agency (Kansas)|Neosho Agency]],  
[[Quapaw Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Quapaw Agency]], [[Seneca Indian Agency (New York)|Seneca Agency]], [[Wichita Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Wichita Agency]] ,[[Sac and Fox Indian Agency (Iowa)|Sac and Fox Agency ]]- Iowa ,
[[Sac and Fox Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Sac and Fox Agency ]]- Oklahoma  


=== Reservations  ===
=== Reservations  ===
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