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'''Texas comes from an Indian word meaning 'friend".''' | '''Texas comes from an Indian word meaning 'friend".''' | ||
To learn how to get started with American Indian research, find research facilities, and American Indian websites [[American Indian Genealogy|click here]].<br> | |||
== '''Tribes and Bands of Texas''' == | == '''Tribes and Bands of Texas''' == | ||
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The following list of American Indians who have lived in Texas 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>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/texas/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe. | The following list of American Indians who have lived in Texas 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>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/texas/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe. | ||
Akokisa, Alabama, Anadarko, [[ | Akokisa, Alabama, Anadarko, [[Apache Indians|Apache]], Aranama, Atakapa, Bidai, Biloxi, [[Caddo Indians|Caddo]], [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee]], [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw]], Coahuiltecan, [[Comanche Indians|Comanche]], [[Creek Indians|Creek]], Deadose, Eyeish or Haish, Guasco, Hainai, Hasinai, Isleta del Sur, [[Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico|Jicarilla]], Kadohadacho. Karankawan, Kichai, [[Kiowa Indians|Kiowa]], Koasati, Lipan (Upper and Lower), [[Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma|Muskogee]], Nebedache, Nacachau, Nacanish, Nacogdoche, Nadaco, Namidish, Nechaui, Neches, Nasoni, Nanatsoho, Nasoni - Upper, Pakana, Pascagoula, Patiri, [[Pueblo Indians|Pueblo]], [[Quapaw Indians|Quapaw]], Senecu del Sur, [[Shawnee Indians|Shawnee]], Shuman, Soacatino or Xacatin, [[Tawakonie Indian Tribe, Oklahoma|Tawakoni]], Waco, [[Wichita Indians|Wichita]] | ||
Trans-Pecos, Kiowa-Apache, Lower-Lipan, Lipan-Apache, Upper Lipan | Trans-Pecos, Kiowa-Apache, Lower-Lipan, Lipan-Apache, Upper Lipan | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
The following list of reservations has been compiled from the ''National Atlas of the United States of America''<ref>National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations [http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/fedlands/tx.pdf Available online.]</ref>, the ''Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America''<ref>Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. ''Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America''. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.(Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;titleno=433280&amp;amp;amp;disp=Omni+gazetteer+of+the+United+States+of+A%20%20&amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 973 E5])</ref>, and other sources. Those reservations named in '''bold''' are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). Others have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government. | The following list of reservations has been compiled from the ''National Atlas of the United States of America''<ref>National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations [http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/fedlands/tx.pdf Available online.]</ref>, the ''Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America''<ref>Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. ''Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America''. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.(Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=433280&amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Omni+gazetteer+of+the+United+States+of+A%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 973 E5])</ref>, and other sources. Those reservations named in '''bold''' are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). Others have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government. | ||
*[[Alabama- | *[[Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation (Texas)|Alabama and Coushatta Reservation]]: State, Tribes: Alabama and Coushatta | ||
*Kickapoo Reservation | *Kickapoo Reservation | ||
*Tigua Reservation: State,Tribes: Tigua, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo | *Tigua Reservation: State,Tribes: Tigua, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo | ||
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[[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. | [[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 Texas 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=247426&amp;disp=The+Office+of+Indian+Affairs%2C+1824%2D1%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=207428&amp;disp=Guide+to+records+in+the+National+Archive%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0 book 970.1 H551g].)</ref>, and others. | The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Texas 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;titleno=247426&amp;amp;disp=The+Office+of+Indian+Affairs%2C+1824%2D1%20%20&amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;titleno=207428&amp;amp;disp=Guide+to+records+in+the+National+Archive%20%20&amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 970.1 H551g].)</ref>, and others. | ||
*[[Brazos Indian Agency (Texas)|Brazos Agency]] | *[[Brazos Indian Agency (Texas)|Brazos Agency]] | ||
*[[Comanche Indian Agency (Texas)|Comanche Agency]] | *[[Comanche Indian Agency (Texas)|Comanche Agency]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Red River Indian Agency (Louisiana)|Red River Agency]] | ||
*Southern Pueblos, P.O. Box 1667, Albuqueque, NM 87103 | *Southern Pueblos, P.O. Box 1667, Albuqueque, NM 87103 | ||
*[[ | *[[Shawnee Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Shawnee Agency]] | ||
*[[Texas Indian Agency (Texas)|Texas Agency]] 1847-1859 | *[[Texas Indian Agency (Texas)|Texas Agency]] 1847-1859 | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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==== Bibliography ==== | ==== Bibliography ==== | ||