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 === Records  ===
-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 these offices.
+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>
+*[[American Indian Allotment Records|Allotment records]]
+*[[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 Osage Agency, 1871-1880, have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Rolls 715-726<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 numbers 1661445 thru 1661456}}.
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 [[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 Osage Agency, 1874-1879, are on roll 42 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 number 1617715}}).
 The Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger. By Thomas R. Buecker, R. Eli Paul, and Harry H. Anderson. 1877 Military Census. This list heads of household and more. {{FHL| 704996|disp=FHL| Book 970.1 C859h}} [http://www.worldcat.org/title/crazy-horse-surrender-ledger/oclc/31361066 WorldCat]
 === References  ===