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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'''.  
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'''.  


See records listed under the forerunner to this agency -- [[Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency]]. Some [http://www.archives.gov/southwest/holdings/rg-050-099.html records] for the Anadarko Area Office are in the [[National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)]].<br>  
See records listed under the forerunner to this agency -- [[Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency]].  
 
Some [http://www.archives.gov/southwest/holdings/rg-050-099.html records] for the Anadarko Area Office are in the [[National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)]].
 
The Division of Manuscripts Library, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma filmed Anadarko Agency Allotment Records and a Genealogy book of the Kiowa, Comanche, Kowa-Apache and some twenty-five Sioux Families. <br>  


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