Tama Indian Agency (Iowa)

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Tama Indian Agency (Iowa)

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Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency

Sac and Fox

Records

Some records of the Tama Agency are in the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago, including:

• Record of employees, 1895-1923
• Estate files, 1912-1940
• World War I Draft Registration CArds, 1917-1918
• Individual Indian files, 1917-1947
• Tribal school children index, 1932-1935
• Other administrative and fiscal records

References

• American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
  
• 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.
  
• Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
  
• Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
• Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online

National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.