Iowa Superintendency of Indian Affairs: Difference between revisions

[http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=238 Robert Lucas] July 7, 1838, [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=C000285 John Chambers] March 25, 1841,and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Clark James Clarke]&nbsp; ([http://www.kshs.org/p/william-clark-papers/13891 papers of] )&nbsp; November 8, 1845 <ref>The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. By Edward E. Hill. Clearwater Publishing  Co., New York,  NY ©1974. FHL Book 970.1 H551o </ref>  

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'''.