Nevada Indigenous Peoples: Difference between revisions

''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Nevada Genealogy|Nevada]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indian Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Indians_of_Nevada|Indians of Nevada]]''<br>  

The following list of American Indians who have lived in Nevada has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America''<ref name="null">Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/nevada/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.  

==== Tribes:  ====

*[[Yerington Paiute Tribe, Nevada|Yerington Paiute]]

[[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.  

*[[Western Shoshone Indian Agency (Nevada)|Western Shoshoni Agency]]

The Office of Indian Affairs (now the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]]) established a network of schools throughout the United States, beginning with Carlisle Indian School, established in 1879. Some of these schools were day schools, usually focusing on Indian children of a single tribe or reservation. Some were boarding schools which served Indian children from a number of tribes and reservations.  

*[[Nevada Indian School (Nevada)|Nevada School]]

Tribal census rolls, probate records, school records, tribal court records, a few vital records, and other records for [[Nevada Genealogy|Nevada]] are available. The Family History Library has a few of these records and microfilmed copies may be found on the FamilySearch Catalog:  

See also in the FamilySearch Catalog [https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Nevada+Native+Races&prekeyword=Nevada+Native+Races Nevada Native Races]  

*[[Pyramid Lake Sanatorium (Nevada)|Pyramid Lake Sanatorium]]

*[http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region9.html Map of Indian Lands: Region 9 -- Reservations, Rancherias, Colonies...] EPA map, Feb. 2000

*http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/nevada/index.htm  

*[http://www.unr.edu/search?cref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unr.edu%2Fcontent%2Fcse%2Fcse.xml&cof=FORID%3A11&search_type=web&q=navada+indians&sa=Search http://www.unr.edu]

From the mid-1800s, the official policy of the United States government toward the American Indian was to confine each tribe to a specific parcel of land called a reservation. Agencies were established on or near each reservation. A government representative, usually called an agent (or superintendent) was assigned to each agency. Their duties included maintaining the peace, making payments to the Native Americans based on the stipulations of the treaties with each tribe, and providing a means of communication between the native population and the federal government.  

The boundaries of reservations, over time, have changed. Usually, that means the reservations have been reduced in size. Sometimes, especially during the later policy of "termination," the official status of reservations was ended altogether.  

BIA Western Region Reservation Map- [http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/mywcsp/documents/stillimage/idc012635.pdf Nevada], Utah and Arizona  

*'''[[Yomba Indian Reservation (Nevada)|Yomba Reservation]]: '''Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Shoshone

=== National Archives  ===

1000 Commodore Drive<br>San Bruno, CA 94066-2350<br>Telephone: 650-876-9001<br>Fax: (650) 876-9233 <br>E-mail: [mailto:sanbruno.archives@nara.gov sanbruno.archives@nara.gov]<br>Web site: http://www.archives.gov/facilities/ca/san_francisco.html  

*Inter Tribal Council of Nevada, 806 Holman Way, Sparks, NV 89431

[[Nevada Military Records|Nevada Military Records]] for a list of forts  

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