bureau of indian affairs film rg508 united states. bureau of

ARCHIVES RECORD film RG508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Records: 1824-1939 No. of Items: 229 reels of microfilm, 3 boxes,

and oversize documents.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection consists of records of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1824-1939, and documents the interaction between the United States government and the various tribes. It also contains records relating to intertribal matters.

Most of the records are on microfilm and were purchased from the National Archives from their collection NARS RG075. Other records were donated to the archives, or were selected by James C. Olson in 1955 for microfilming from holdings of the National Archives. Reels are numbered consecutively as they are received. They are described in the inventory in the subgroup to which they relate but roll numbering is not consecutive within each subgroup.

The collection is arranged in six subgroup: (1) Incoming Correspondence of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880, from other agencies and superintendents; (2) Outgoing correspondence of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1824-1840; (3) Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1845-1900; (4) Miscellaneous Reports and Correspondence, 1855-1897; (5) Agency Files, 1825-1939; and (6) Indian Census Records, 1885-1924.

Subgroup One, Incoming Correspondence, is broken down by agency or topic and is arranged either chronologically or alphabetically within each calendar year. Subgroup Two, Outgoing Correspondence, is arranged chronologically. Subgroup Three, Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is arranged chronologically.

Subgroup Four, Miscellaneous Reports and Correspondence contains reports and correspondence relating to Indian Affairs but not necessarily generated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Included are Congressional reports relating to negotiations with the tribes and reports of hostilities. Also included (Roll 165, Item #12) are excerpts of the annual report of the War Department, 1897 relating to the Missouri River steamboats and bridges.

Subgroup Five, Agency Files, contains correspondence and reports relating to or generated by individual Indian agencies and is divided into four series. Series one consists of special files from the Office of Indian Affairs relating to claims and investigations. Series two includes correspondence and documents pertaining to Red Cloud Agency and agencies other than Pine Ridge Agency. This series also contains records relating to land allotments, an interview with Red Cloud, and a ledger of Indian surrenders at Red Cloud Agency. Series Three comprises the bulk of this subgroup, containing letters sent from the Pine Ridge Agency to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and to other agencies and individuals. Series Four consists of central classified files, correspondence and reports from and about the Genoa Industrial School and the Santee Boarding School.

Subgroup Six, Census Records, contains the names of residents and vital statistics of those persons who maintained a formal affiliation with a tribe under Federal supervision. These are arranged chronologically by tribe.

RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs i ADDED ENTRIES:**

Albin, William M., ARAPAHOE INDIANS Ashley, Robert H (Robert Harrid), 1832- * Augur, C. C. (Christopher Colon), 1821-1898 Balcombe, St. A. D. (Saint Andre Durand), 1829- Blackfoot Indian Agency Bogy, Lewis V. (Lewis Vital), 1813-1877 * Bradley, Taylor, d.1898 (Agt, Winnebago) BRIDGES--MISSOURI RIVER Briggs, John S. (John Story) (Agt, Otoe Agency) * Bruner, Uriah, 1830-1905 Burbank, John A. (Agt, Great Nemaha) Burgess, William, 1823-1905 Callon, William P Ceasar, John (Pawnee Indian) CENSUS * Chamberlin, A. T. (Spec. Agt, Ft. Laramie) Chase, Benjamin, 1789-1870 Chase, Champion S (Champion Spalding), 1820-1898 * Chase, Hiram (III), 1861-1928 Chicago and North Western Railroad Company CHIPPEWA INDIANS Clark, E. M. [West Point, NE] Clark, Elam [Ft. Calhoun, NE] Clum, H. R., Coe, Isaac, 1816-1899 Coffin, William B. (Pawnee Agt) Columbus, Jake (Pawnee Indian) Cooley, Dennis N. Coolidge, H. P. (Henry P.), 1835-1918 * Cooper, J. P. (Special Indian Agent) Council Bluffs Indian Agency Cowgill, T. G. (Santee Agt) Crawford, George W Crazy Horse (Ogalala Chief), -1877 Cunningham, E. E. (Ebenezer Erskine), 1839- CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG, 1839-1876 Davenport, George F. [Lincoln, NE] Diebold and Kienzle Safes (Chicago, Ill.) Dole, William P. Dupree, William (Pawnee Agt) Eagle Works Manufacturing Company (Chicago, Ill.) Ely, Samuel S. (Otoe Agt) Fontenelle, Henry, 1832-1899 FOX INDIANS Fuller, Azariah B. [Decatur, NE]

RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs iiFurnas, Robert W. (Robert Wilkinson), 1824-1905 *

RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs iii ADDED ENTRIES (cont) Genoa Indian School (Genoa, Neb.) * GHOST DANCE GRATTAN, LT. JOHN L., 1830-1854 GRATTAN MASSACRE Great Nemaha Indian Agency (Nohart, Neb.) * Green, Albert L. (Albert Lamborn), 1845-1947 Guest, Jesse W. (Otoe Agency) Hancock, Elizabeth Y. Harlan, James, 1820-1899 Hampton, B. Denman (Supt, Omaha Agency) Hendrie, C. F. Hoag, Enoch, c.1811-1884

INDIAN AGENCIES AND AGENTS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA [1824-1939] INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--AGRICULTURE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--CENSUS [1885-1917]

INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--CLAIMS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--COLORADO INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--EDUCATION INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--EMIGRATION INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--GOVERNMENT RELATIONS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--KANSAS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--LANDS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--LAWS AND LEGISLATION INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--MINNESOTA INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--NEBRASKA INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--PROPERTY INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--RESERVATIONS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--SOUTH DAKOTA INK-PA-DUTA IOWA INDIANS Irwin, James (Shoshone & Bannock Agency, Wyo.T) * Janney, Asa M. (Santee Sioux Agt) * Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel MacPherson), 1801-1880 * Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Railroad Company* Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896 Littlefield, J. S. (Agt, Great Nemaha Agency) * Livingston, Robert R. (Robert Ramsay), 1827-1888 * Mathewson, Col. Charles, 1812-1880 Megeath & Company (Council Bluffs, Iowa) * Millard, Ezra, 1833-1886 MISSOURI INDIANS MISSOURI RIVER--NAVIGATION Mix, Charles E.

RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs ivMount Vernon Iron Works (Mount Vernon, Ohio) *

RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs v ADDED ENTRIES (CONT): Nebraska. Superintendent of Public Instruction Norris, Chauncey H. (Chauncey Hobart), 1836-1911 * North-Western Cement Pipe Company (Omaha, Neb.) * NORTHERN CHEYENNE Officer and Pusey (Council Bluffs, Iowa) OGALALA LAKOTA INDIANS Olson, Ole C. (Omaha Agt) Omaha and Northwestern Railroad Company Omaha Boarding School Omaha Indian Agency OMAHA INDIANS

OTO INDIANS Otoe and Missouria Indian Agency

Painter, Edward (U.S. Agt, Omaha) Parker, Ely S. (Ely Samuel), 1828-1895 Parson, J. A. Patrick, Mathewson T., 1831-1899 Pawnee Indian Agency (Genoa, Neb.) * PAWNEE INDIANS Platt, Elvira G. (Elvira Gaston), 1818-1914 PLATTE COUNTY (NEB.)--HISTORY Ponca Indian Agency PONCA INDIANS Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions Qyres, E. D. [Dakota City, Neb.] Red Cloud (Oglala Sioux Chief), 1822-1909 Red Cloud Indian Agency Reynolds, Joseph J. (Joseph Jones), 1822-1899 * Roberts, Artemas A., 1841-1944 Ruggles, George (George David), 1833-1904 * St. Cyr, Mitchel W. (Interpreter) Santee Sioux Indian Agency (Niobrara, Neb.T) * SARPY, PETER A (PETER ABADIE), 1805-1865 * SAUK INDIANS Sheridan, Phil H (Philip Henry), 1831-1888 SIOUAN INDIANS Sisseton Indian Agency SISSETON INDIANS SITTING BULL (DAKOTA CHIEF), 1831-1890 Smith, John L. (Otoe Agency) Spotted Tail Indian Agency STATE OF NEBRASKA vs. YELLOW SON (LA COO dah COT) et al.

Butler County, Nebraska, District Court STEAMBOATS--MISSOURI RIVER

Stewart, Joseph I. [Baltimore] Stone, James M. (Santee Sioux Agt) *

RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs vi ADDED ENTRIES (cont): Taylor, Edward B (Edward Boyd), 1821-1872 * Taylor, Nathaniel G. (Nathaniel Green), 1819-1887* Thompson, Clark W., 1825-1885 Troth, Jacob M. (Pawnee Agent) Truman, George S. (Santee Agency Farmer) United States. Army. Department of the Platte United States. Board of Indian Commissioners United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Northern Superintendency United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. St. Louis Superintendency United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Central Superintendency United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Dakota Superintendency United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Wyoming Superintendency United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Montana Superintendency United States. Commission to Meet Sitting Bull United States. Congress. House and Senate United States. Indian Peace Commission (1867) *

United States. Congress. Joint Special Committee to Inquire into Conditions of Indian Tribes

United States. Department of Agriculture United States. Department of the Interior. Indian Division United States. Office of Indian Affairs United States. Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs United States. War Department Upper Missouri Indian Agency Upper Platte Indian Agency (Fort Laramie, Wyo.) * Van Valkenburgh, Robert B. Walker, Lucius C. (Agt, Chippewa) * Webster, Joseph (Santee Agt) * Whaley, Charles H. (Pawnee Agt) * Whetstone Indian Agency. Sioux Indian Country White, Barclay, 1821- White, Howard (Winnebago Agt) * White River Indian Agency (Colo.T) * WHITEWATER, JAMES (Otoe Indian) Wilgocki, A. F. Winnebago Indian Agency WINNEBAGO INDIANS Wright, William H [Omaha, NE]

Yankton Indian Agency (S.D.) * YELLOW SUN (LA-COO-dah-COT)

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SUBGROUP ONE INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN

AFFAIRS, 1824-1880 (NARS M234) Roll 1 Council Bluffs Agency 1836-1843 Roll 2 Council Bluffs Agency 1844-1846 Roll 3 Council Bluffs Agency 1847-1851 Roll 4 Council Bluffs Agency 1852-1857

Roll 5 Omaha Agency 1856-1863 Roll 6 Omaha Agency 1864-1870 Roll 7 Omaha Agency 1871-1876 Roll 8 Omaha Annuity rolls 1886, 1906 #20,400 Census rolls 1871-1876

Roll 9 Otoe Agency 1856-1860 Roll 10 Otoe Agency 1861-1867 Roll 11 Otoe Agency 1868-1871 Roll 12 Otoe Agency 1872-1876

Roll 13 Pawnee Agency 1859-1862 Roll 14 Pawnee Agency 1863-1869 Roll 15 Pawnee Agency 1870-1872 Roll 16 Pawnee Agency 1873 Roll 17 Pawnee Agency 1874-1875 Roll 18 Pawnee Agency 1876 Roll 19 Pawnee Agency 1877 Roll 20 Pawnee Agency 1878 Roll 21 Pawnee Agency 1879 Roll 22 Pawnee Agency 1880 Roll 23 Pawnee Agency Letterpress book 1860-1870 #08,053 Roll 24 Ponca Agency 1859-1863 Roll 25 Ponca Agency 1864-1870 Roll 26 Ponca Agency 1871-1873 Roll 27 Ponca Agency 1874-1875 Roll 28 Ponca Agency 1876-1877 Roll 29 Ponca Agency 1878 Roll 30 Ponca Agency 1878-1879 Roll 31 Ponca Agency 1880


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AFFAIRS, 1824-1880 (NARS M234)

Roll 32 Red Cloud Agency 1871 Roll 33 Red Cloud Agency 1872 Roll 34 Red Cloud Agency 1873 Roll 35 Red Cloud Agency 1874 Roll 36 Red Cloud Agency 1875 Roll 37 Red Cloud Agency 1876 Roll 38 Red Cloud Agency 1877 Roll 39 Red Cloud Agency 1878 Roll 40 Red Cloud Agency 1878 Roll 41 Red Cloud Agency 1879 Roll 42 Red Cloud Agency 1879 Roll 43 Red Cloud Agency 1880

Roll 44 Santee Sioux Agency 1871-1873 Roll 45 Santee Sioux Agency 1874-1876

Roll 46 Spotted Tail Agency 1875-1876 Roll 47 Spotted Tail Agency 1876-1877 Roll 48 Spotted Tail Agency 1878 Roll 49 Spotted Tail Agency 1878 Roll 50 Spotted Tail Agency 1879 Roll 51 Spotted Tail Agency 1880

Roll 52 Upper Missouri Agency 1824-1835 Roll 53 Upper Missouri Agency 1836-1851 Roll 54 Upper Missouri Agency 1852-1864

Roll 55 Whetstone Agency 1871-1872 Roll 56 Whetstone Agency 1873 Roll 57 Whetstone Agency 1874

Roll 58 Winnebago Agency 1826-1847 Roll 59 Winnebago Agency 1848-1850 Roll 60 Winnebago Agency 1851-1853 Roll 61 Winnebago Agency 1854-1859 Roll 62 Winnebago Agency 1860-1862 Roll 63 Winnebago Agency 1863 Roll 64 Winnebago Agency 1864 Roll 65 Winnebago Agency 1865 Roll 66 Winnebago Agency 1866 Roll 67 Winnebago Agency 1867 Roll 68 Winnebago Agency 1868 Roll 69 Winnebago Agency 1869-1870 Roll 70 Winnebago Agency 1871-1872


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AFFAIRS, 1824-1880 (NARS M234) Roll 71 Winnebago Agency 1873 Roll 72 Winnebago Agency 1874 Roll 73 Winnebago Agency 1875 Roll 74 Winnebago Agency

Emigration & Reserves 1833-1852

Roll 75 St. Louis Superintendency 1824-1826 Roll 76A St. Louis Superintendency 1829-1831 Roll 76 St. Louis Superintendency 1827-1828 Roll 77 St. Louis Superintendency 1832-1835 Roll 78 St. Louis Superintendency 1836-1838 Roll 79 St. Louis Superintendency 1839-1841 Roll 80 St. Louis Superintendency 1842-1845

Reels 81-89, 119-120 are in Subgroup Five Reels 90-118 are in Subgroup Two

NOTE: Rolls 201-211 contain incoming correspondence from various sources in Nebraska and

concern all manner of subjects relating to Indians and the operation of the Bureau. These rolls are arranged by year and then by registry order (alphabetically by initial letter of surname or other designation of writer and then chronologically by date of receipt). Letters relating to an agency for all or part of its existence may be filed under the agency’s own name or under the name of the superintendency to which it was or had been responsible. The registers for these records are on microfilm with the National Archives and are referred to as microfilm publication M234.

Roll 201 Various Nebraska Sources 1876 Roll 202 Various Nebraska Sources 1877

Registry Numbers A28-L100 Roll 203 Various Nebraska Sources 1877

Registry Numbers L108-W109 Roll 204 Various Nebraska Sources 1877-1878

Registry Numbers W121-I1260 Roll 205 Various Nebraska Sources 1878

Registry Numbers I1306-O2 Roll 206 Various Nebraska Sources 1878

Registry Numbers O32-W2614 Roll 207 Various Nebraska Sources 1879

Registry Numbers A15-K530 Roll 208 Various Nebraska Sources 1879

Registry Numbers K531-V16 Roll 209 Various Nebraska Sources 1879-1880

Registry Numbers V22-G94


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Roll 210 Various Nebraska Sources 1880 Registry Numbers G106-L532

Roll 211 Various Nebraska Sources 1880 Registry Numbers L568-Y19

NOTE: At the beginning of rolls 134-143 there is an introduction

to microfilm project M1166, RG75, Records of the Northern Superintendency, National Archives; an Administrative History of the Northern Superintendency, 1851-1876; a Records Description of this particular microfilm project; a bibliography of related records; list of Commissioners of Indian Affairs, 1849-1875; Lists of Superintendents and Agents of the Northern Superintendency, 1851-1876; and a Roll Contents Description for the entire project of 35 reels.

Roll 134 Northern Superintendency 1861-1866 Letters received by Superintendent

Frames 0001-0037 1861 - Bureau of Indian Affairs Frames 0038-0040 1861 - Chippewas, Lake Superior Frames 0041-0047 1861 - Chippewas, Minnesota Frames 0048-0075 1861 - Sioux Agency Frames 0076-0172 1861 - Winnebago Agency Frames 0173-0265 1862 Frames 0266-0323 1863 Frames 0324-0346 1864 - Omaha Agency Frames 0347-0375 1864 - Miscellaneous Letters Frames 0453-0674 1865 - Bureau of Indian Affairs Frames 0675-1032 1866 - Bureau of Indian Affairs Frames 1033-1081 1865-1866 - Great Nemaha, Omaha,

Otoe, Pawnee, Santee, and Winnebago Agencies.

Frames 1082-end 1865-1866 - Misc. Letters


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Roll 135 Northern Superintendency 1867 Letters received by Superintendent, Omaha

Frames 0001-0273 Commissioner of Indian Affairs Frames 0274-0300 Great Nemaha Agency Frames 0301-0343 Omaha Agency Frames 0344-0390 Otoe Agency Frames 0391-0424 Pawnee Agency, Genoa, NE

Charles H. Whaley, Agent Frames 0425-0531 Santee Sioux Agency, NE

Frames 0532-0591 Upper Platte Agency, Ft Laramie Frames 0592-0723 Winnebago Agency Frames 0724-end Misc. Letters Received

Roll 136 Northern Superintendency 1868-1869

Letters received by Superintendent, Omaha

Frames 0001-0045 Great Nemaha Agency, 1868 Frames 0046-0073 Omaha Agency, 1868 Frames 0074-0155 Otoe & Missouria Agency, 1868 Frames 0156-0190 Pawnee Agency, Genoa, 1868 Frames 0191-0283 Santee Sioux Agency, 1868 Frames 0284-0339 Upper Platte Agency, Ft. Laramie Frames 0340-0567 Winnebago Agency, 1868

Joseph Mathewson - Agent

Frames 0568-0579 Misc. Letters Received, 1868 Frames 0580-0734 Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Commissioner, 1868-1869 Frames 0735-0762 Great Nemaha Agency, Nohart,

Nebraska, 1869 Frames 0763-0798 Omaha Agency, 1869 Frames 0799-0876 Otoe & Missouria Agency Frames 0877-0918 Pawnee Agency, Genoa, NE, 1869

Jacob M. Troth, Agent Edwin G. Platt, Teacher

Frames 0919-0936 Santee Sioux Agency, 1869 Frames 0937-0998 Winnebago Agency

Great Nemaha Agency Otoe & Missouria Agency

Frames 0999-1063 Miscellaneous Letters, 1869 Frame 1064 Flyer, Description of Platte County,

Nebr., 1869 Frames 1065-end Misc. Letters (cont.) 1869


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AFFAIRS, 1824-1880 (NARS M234) Roll 137 Northern Superintendency 1870-1871

Letters received by Superintendent Frames 0001-0019 Bureau of Indian Affairs, Commissioner, 1870

Frames 0020-0077 Great Nemaha Agency, 1870 Frames 0078-0167 Omaha Agency, 1870 Frames 0168-0195 Otoe Agency, NE, 1870 Frames 0196-0273 Pawnee Agency - Genoa, 1870 Frames 0274-0346 Santee Sioux Agency, 1870 Frames 0347-0349 Whetstone Agency

Sioux Indian Country, 1870 Frames 0350-0442 Winnebago Agency Frames 0443-0528 Misc. Letters, 1st & 2d Q, 1870 Frames 0529-0635 Misc. Letters, 3d & 4th Q, 1870 Frames 0736-0667 Bureau of Indian Affairs

Commissioner, 1871 incl. fr. 643-661 Contracts for meat & sundries Frames 0668-0688 Great Nemaha Agency, 1871

Thomas Lightfoot, Agent Frames 0689-0740 Omaha Agency, 1871

Edward Painter, Agent Frames 0741-0770 Otoe Agency, 1871

Albert L. Green, Agent Frames 0771-0855 Pawnee Agency, 1871

Jacob M. Troth, Agent Frames 0856-0910 Santee Sioux Agency, 1871

Asa M. Janney & Joseph Webster Frames 0911-0915 Whetstone Agency, 1871

J. S. Littlefield, Agent Frames 0916-0946 Winnebago Agency, 1871

Howard White, Agent end Sept. 28, 1871

Roll 138 Northern Superintendency 1871-1872 Letters received by Superintendent Correspondence to Supt. Barclay White October 1871 - 1872 (A-W) 1871, Painter, Edward includes corres. concerning State of Nebraska vs. Yellow Son (La Coo dah Cot) et al, Butler County, Nebr. District Court

Roll 139 Northern Superintendency 1873-1874 Letters Received, 1873 (B-W), 1874 (A-F)


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AFFAIRS, 1824-1880 (NARS M234) Roll 140 Northern Superintendency

Letters Received 1874 (G-W) Roll 141 Northern Superintendency

Letters Received 1875 (A-G) Roll 142 Northern Superintendency

Letters Received 1875 (H-W) Roll 143 Northern Superintendency

Letters Received 1876 (B-W) Roll 144 The Pursuit of Ink-pa-duta, 1857-1859

Winnebago Agency - Letters Outgoing 1846-1873

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SUBGROUP TWO OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE (NARA M21)

Roll 90 1824-1825 Roll 91 1825-1826 Roll 92 1826-1827 Roll 93 1827-1828 Roll 94 1828-1829 Roll 95 1829-1830 Roll 96 1830-1831 Roll 97 1832 Roll 98 1832-1833 Rolls 99-100 1833

Rolls 101-102 1834 Roll 103 1834-1835 Rolls 104-105 1835 Roll 106 1835-1836 Roll 107 1836 Roll 108 1836 Roll 109 1836-1837

Rolls 110-111 1837 Roll 112 1837-1838 Roll 113 1838 Roll 114 1838-1839

Rolls 115-116 1839 Rolls 117-118 1840


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SUBGROUP THREE ANNUAL REPORTS OF COMMISSIONER, 1845-1900

NOTE: Rolls 162 thru 164 are diazo negative 35mm reels containing a special filming project done by the Library of Congress in February 1952.

Roll 162 Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1845

(Item #1) thru Annual Report, 1868 (Item 18)

NOTE: part of 1872 follows 1868 on reel Annual Report, 1871 (Item 19) thru Annual Report, 1873 (Item 21) Annual Report, 1874 including map of U.S.A. Annual Report, 1875 (Item 23)

Roll 163 Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1876 (Item 24) Annual Report, 1877 (Item 25) Annual Report including map, 1878 (Item 26) Annual Report, 1879 (Item 27) thru Annual Report, 1891 (Item 39)

Roll 164 Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1891 (60th, Item 40) thru

Annual Report, 1896 (Item 45) Annual Report, Dept. of the Interior FY ending June 30, 1897 (Item 46) thru FY ending June 30, 1900 (Item 49)

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SUBGROUP FOUR MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE & REPORTS

NOTE: Rolls 164 and 165 are diazo negative 35mm reels containing a special filming project done by the Library of Congress in February of 1952.

Roll 164

Item 50 Report, 1867 - U. S. Congress, Joint Special Committee appointed under joint resolution of March 3, 1865 to inquire into condition of Indian tribes.

Item 51 Report, 1877 - Commission appointed by

President to meet Sioux Chief Sitting Bull with a view to avert hostilities in the

RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs 10territory of the U.S. from Canada.


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SUBGROUP FOUR MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE & REPORTS Roll 165 Item #1 Index to Congressional Executive Documents, 1855-1856 Item #2 Senate Exec. Doc. #1, 34th Congress, 1st

Session - Part II - Message from the President to the two Houses of Congress...December 31, 1855

Report of the Secretary of War (574 pp)

Item #3 House Exec. Doc. #126, 39th Congress, 1st Session - Message from the President, June 9, 1866, transmitting, in answer to a House resolution of the 21st ultimo, a report from the Secretary of the Interior relative to Lands for Sioux Indians (10 pp)

Item #4 Senate Exec. Doc. #9, 44th Congress, 2d Session

Message from the President, Dec. 26, 1876 communicating the report and journal of proceedings of the commission appointed to obtain certain concessions from the Sioux Indians. (90 pp)

Item #5 Senate Exec. Doc. #91, 34th Congress, 1st Session Report of the Secretary of War,

July 1, 1856, in compliance with a Senate resolution of the 1st inst., calling for copies of the correspondence respecting the massacre of Lt. Grattan and his command by Sioux Indians, August 19, 1855, at Bordeau’s Trading Post near Ft. Laramie, WT (27 pp)

Item #6 Senate Exec. Doc. #32, 43d Congress, 2d Session

Letter from Secretary of War, February 26, 1875, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 23, 1875, a report of the expedition to the Black Hills under command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. George A. Custer in August 1874. (9 pp)

Item #7 Senate Exec. Doc. #52, 44th Congress, 1st Sess.

Letter from Secretary of the Interior, April 26, 1876, in answer to Senate resolu- of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to the present situation of Indian disturbances in the Sioux reservation. (12 pp)


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SUBGROUP FOUR MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE & REPORTS Roll 165


Letter from Acting Secretary of the Interior, April 26, 1876, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 11, 1887, papers relative to Indian operations on the Plains. (55 pp)

Item #9 House Exec. Doc. #97, 40th Congress, 2d Session Report of Indian Peace Commission, January 14, 1868 - Message from the President transmitting report of commission appointed

by act of Congress July 20, 1867, to establish peace with certain hostile Indian tribes. (23 pp)

Item #10 House Exec. Doc. #130, 34th Congress, 1st Sess.

Council with the Sioux Indians at Fort Pierre, NT - Message from the President, July 24, 1856, communicating minutes of council, March 1-5, 1856. (39 pp)


Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, July 13, 1867, communicating in compliance with Senate resolution of the 8th, informa- Indian hostilities on the frontier. (128 pp)

Item #12 House Exec. Doc. #2, 55th Congress, 2d Session

Annual Report (part) of the War Department for fiscal year ending June 30, 1879

Part 6 - Report of the Chief of Engineers:

Appendix D - Report on steamboat wrecks on the Missouri River, 1836-1897 Appendix E - Report on Bridges over the Missouri River, 1869-1897 Appendix F - Annual Report of Division Engineer, Omaha and Council Bluffs, June 10, 1897.


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SUBGROUP FIVE AGENCY FILES, 1825-1914 SERIES ONE OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1855-1891 NOTE: Documents on Rolls 81-86 were selected for microfilming at the National Archives by James C. Olson in 1955.

Roll 83 Special Cases #96 & #104 #20404

Roll 87 Special Files

#109 - Peter A. Sarpy and others including claims against the Omaha, Otoe, and Missouria Indians 1855-1857

Roll 228 Special File 188 re Ghost Dance, 1890-1891 NARS RG75 (1973) Roll 229 Special File 188 re Ghost Dance (cont), 1891-1898 NARS RG75 Roll 88 Special Files includes #229 re quality of flour furnished Spotted Tail Agency by D. J. McCann, 1876 Roll 84 Special Case #188 re Ghost Dance, 1890-1891 #20,405 (see rolls 228-229 above)

Special File #264 re Red Cloud and Pine Ridge Agency disturbances and inspections 1882-1884

Inspectors Files Unratified Treaties files Old Miscellaneous Records Board of Indian Commissioners - Letters sent, 1870-1874

Secretary of the Interior, Indian Division, Letters received, 1870-1874

Roll 89 Special Files

includes #282. William A. West and John A. Parker, claims for transporting Omaha Annuity Funds, 1859-1867


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SUBGROUP FIVE AGENCY FILES, 1825-1914 SERIES TWO RED CLOUD AND OTHER AGENCIES, 1825-1907

Roll 212 Red Cloud Agency Census #24,339 ledger of Indian surrenders 1876-1877 (**Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger)

Original volume in Box 1 (Govt. Records) very fragile/poor condition **NOTE: Paper photocopies of ledger volume are available for patron use)

Roll 81 Dakota Superintendency 1867 #20,402 Red Cloud Agency 1871-1880

Roll 82 Red Cloud Agency (cont.) 1875 #20,403 Upper Platte Agency 1866-1870

Roll 83 Red Cloud Agency (cont.) #20,404 Interview w/ Red Cloud 6/3/1870

Wyoming Superintendency 1870-1871 Letters received 1881-1907

Roll 85 Red Cloud - Selected Documents #20,406 Spotted Tail Agency

Letters Received 1875-1880 Letters Sent 1865-1881

Report Books, vols. 15-38 1866-1881 Board of Indian Commissioners

Letters Received and Proceedings of the Indian Peace Commission, 1867-1868

Roll 86 Bureau of Indian Affairs - Selected Documents

Whetstone Agency 1871 Blackfeet Agency 1856, 1858, 1862 Red Cloud Agency 1871 Pawnee Agency 1873 Ponca Agency 1862, 1864 Yankton Agency 1859, 1862-1863

SERIES TWO RED CLOUD AND OTHER AGENCIES, 1825-1907 Roll 86 Selected Documents (cont)

Dakota Superintendency 1865-1867 Northern Superintendency 1866-1867 Otoe Agency 1857-1859 Sisseton Agency 1867-1870 Montana Superintendency 1868-1880 St. Louis Superintendency 1825, 1837-1842


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SUBGROUP FIVE AGENCY FILES, 1825-1914 SERIES TWO RED CLOUD AND OTHER AGENCIES, 1825-1907

Roll 119 Iowa Reservation, Kansas/Nebraska 1892

Map and list of allotees, loaned for filming by Mrs. Marvin Murphy, White Cloud, Kansas

Roll 120 Omaha Tribe - List of land allotments, 1871 #13,809 made in accordance w/ treaty Mar. 6, 1865 Positive rec’d 4/3/1975

B.01

Vol. 2 Omaha Indian Agency Letterbook, May 25, 1863 - March 28, 1864

Roll 23 Pawnee Indian Agency 1860-1870

B.02 Correspondence, William Depuy, Agent

(copies of originals)

pp.1-397 Incoming and Outgoing, Pawnee Agency, 1862-1862

pp.398-626 Claim of Henry Depuy, 1862-1864, and charges

against Depuy, 1862-1865

pp.627-1269 Report of Henry Depuy and testimony, 1862-1865

OD139 Item 1 Omaha Indian Land Allotments

(also appears on roll #120) Item 4 Ponca Agency - Ground Plan Item 5 Ponca Agency Industrial School

Elevation & plans of buildings Item 6 List of Reservations in U.S. showing tribe, size, and treaty that established it

NOTE: For Rolls 121 - 127 see Subgroup Six.

SERIES THREE PINE RIDGE AGENCY, 1874-1914 SS1 LETTERS SENT TO BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1874-1914

Roll 166 Pine Ridge Agency 1874-1907

Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs (loose) c. July 1874 - 7/18/1907

Roll 167 Pine Ridge Agency 1879-1880 Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs

RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs 16v.1 10/7/1879 - 10/5/1880




Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs v.2 10/12/1880 - 1/6/1882

Roll 169 Pine Ridge Agency 1882

Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs v.3 Jan. 6 - Sept. 21, 1882


Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs v.4 9/28/1882 - 8/23/1883


v.5 8/10/1883 - 12/10/1884

Roll 172 Pine Ridge Agency 1884-1886 Letters sent to Bur of Indian Affairs

v.6 11/30/1884 - 6/30/1886

Roll 173 Pine Ridge Agency 1886-1887 Letters sent to Bur of Indian Affairs

v.7 4/15/1886 - 12/12/1887


v.8 12/16/1887 - 9/20/1889


v.9 (10/11/1889) - 12/20/1890

Roll 147 Pine Ridge Agency 1891 Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs v.10, January 12 thru July 31, 1891


Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs v.11, July 30 thru December 4, 1891


Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs v.12, 11/12/1891 - 4/12/1892


Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs v.13, March 9 thru September 9, 1892


SUBGROUP FIVE AGENCY FILES, 1825-1914


Roll 151 Pine Ridge Agency 1892 Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs

v.14, April 19 thru June 27, 1892


v.15, June 29 - September 29, 1892


v.16, August 31 - November 1, 1892


v.17 10/17/1892 - 1/24/1893


v.18 January 19 - March 22, 1893


v.19 March 21 - June 15, 1893


v.20 July 29 - December 18, 1893


v.21 12/16/1893 - 5/19/1894


v.22 May 21 - December 8, 1894


v.23 12/6/1894 - 7/19/1895


v.24 7/20/1895 - 1/22/1896





v.25 11/30/1895 - 3/29/1897


v.26 3/30/1897 - 3/1/1898


v.27 3/1/1898 - 6/10/1899


v.28 6/10/1899 - 8/24/1900


v.29 2/1/1896 - 8/21/1899


v.30 August 1 - October 31, 1900


v.31 11/1/1900 - 12/2/1901


v.32 11/28/1901 - 11/12/1902


v.33 11/10/1902 - 12/4/1903


v.34 12/15/1903 - 9/17/1904


v.35 9/19/1904 - 8/31/1905


RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs 20v.36 8/28/1905 - 1/6/1906





v.37 10/6/1906 - 10/7/1907


v.38 10/7/1907 - 7/8/1908


v.39 7/3/1908 - 2/24/1909


v.40 February 24 - November 20, 1909


v.41 11/19/1909 - 7/27/1910


v.42 7/26/1910 - 2/23/1911


v.43 February 25 thru October 27, 1911


v.44, Oct. 27, 1911 - Mar. 29, 1912


v.45, March 29 - July 30, 1912


v.46, July 31, 1912 - Feb. 11, 1913


v.47, February 8 - June 19, 1913


RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs 22v.48, June 16 - October 11, 1913





v.49, Oct. 13, 1913 - Jan. 31, 1914


v.50, January 30 - April 25, 1914 Roll 161 Pine Ridge Agency 1914 Letters sent to Bur. of Indian Affairs v.51, April 27 - June 30, 1914 SS2 MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS SENT BY AGENTS OR SUPERINTENDENTS, 1876-1892 Roll 213 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v.1 Aug. 25, 1876 - Oct. 25, 1877

Loose Documents Dec. 24, 1877 - Sept. 12, 1882 Roll 214 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts.

V.2 Sept. 10, 1880 - Dec. 12, 1882

Roll 215 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v.3 Nov. 25, 1882 - Dec. 28, 1884 Roll 216 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v.4 Dec. 22, 1884 - Nov. 23, 1887 Roll 217 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v.5 Dec. 5, 1887 - Feb. 27, 1890

Roll 218 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v. 6 Feb. 28, 1890 - Sept. 19, 1890 Roll 219 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v. 7 Oct. 9, 1890 - June 24, 1891 Roll 220 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v. 8 June 24, 1891 - Oct. 24, 1891



SERIES THREE PINE RIDGE AGENCY, 1874-1914

SS2 MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS SENT BY AGENTS OR SUPERINTENDENTS, 1876-1892

Roll 221 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v. 9 Oct. 24, 1891 - Dec. 10, 1891 Roll 222 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v. 10 Nov. 20, 1891 - Feb. 9, 1892 Roll 223 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v. 11 Feb. 9, 1892 - Apr. 12, 1892 Roll 224 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v. 12 Apr. 12, 1892 - June 6, 1892 Roll 225 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v. 13 June 6, 1892 - July 18, 1892 Roll 226 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v. 14 July 11, 1892 - Sept. 10, 1892 Roll 227 Pine Ridge Agency Misc. Letters sent by Agents or Supts. v. 15 Aug. 19, 1892 - Oct. 2, 1892 SS3 QUARTERMASTER REPORTS, 1891

B.01 V. 1 Pine Ridge Agency - Quartermaster

Transportation Record 1891 (register of public property shipped from the agency by 1st Lt., E. Hubert, 8th Inf., Q.M., U.S. Army)



SERIES FOUR INDIAN SCHOOLS

NOTE: The following three rolls are 35mm Diazo negatives donated to the Historical Society. Roll 128 Genoa Indian School - Central Classified Files 1906-1934 incl. misc. official’s reports (inspection, Supt., and legal) and corres.

Roll 129 Genoa Indian School - Central Classified Files, 1907-1934 incl. corres. and memos re: health and legal matters and inspections. Roll 130 Genoa Indian School - Central Classified Files, 1908-1935 incl. Supt. reports, financial reports, health reports, and correspondence.

B.03 f.01 Genoa Indian School Correspondence & Reports 1904-1929 relates to buildings (xerox copies from Nat’l Archives, RG75, Letters Received, 1881-1907, and Central Files, 1907-1939) f.02 Santee Boarding School. Semi-annual efficiency Report of Employees April 28, 1902

OD139 Item 2 Genoa Indian Industrial School - Ground Plan Item 3 Genoa Indian Industrial School

Elevation & plans of building

SUBGROUP SIX CENSUS RECORDS, 1885-1917

NOTE: from Nat’l Archives Microcopy #595. NARS roll numbers appear in parentheses after Archives roll number.) Taken on June 30th unless otherwise noted

Lists Indian Name, English Name, Relationship, Sex, Age Roll 121 Omaha/Winnebago: 1886-1891 (NARS 311)

Winnebago Frame #61 1886 Omaha Frames 63-116 1886

(rev. census 9/24/1886) Omaha Frames 117-173 1887 Winnebago Frames 174-234 1887 Omaha Frames 235-291 1888 Winnebago Frames 292-357 1888 Omaha/Winnebago Frames 358-370 1888


SUBGROUP SIX CENSUS RECORDS, 1885-1917

Roll 121 (cont) Omaha/Winnebago, 1886-1891 (Agency Annual Report)

Winnebago Frames 371-423 1889 Omaha Frames 424-468 1889 Winnebago Frames 469-550 1890 (July 1)

Omaha Frames 551-617 1890 (July 1) Omaha Frames 618-676 1891 Winnebago Frames 677-end 1891

Roll 122 Omaha/Winnebago: 1892-1898 (NARS 312)

Winnebago Frames 1-92 1892 Omaha Frames 93-164 1892

Winnebago Frames 165-171 1892

(Indian children ages 5-18) Omaha Frames 172-180 1892

(School children ages 5-18) Winnebago Frames 181-218 1893 Omaha Frames 219-256 1893

Omaha Frames 258-305 1894 Winnebago Frames 306-361 1894

Winnebago Frames 363-415 1895 Omaha Frames 416-463 1895 Omaha Frames 464-511 1896 Winnebago Frames 512-562 1896

Omaha Frames 563-619 1897 (July 1) Winnebago Frames 620-670 1897 (July 1) Omaha Frames 672-738 1898 (September) Winnebago Frames 740-end 1898 (Aug. 4)

Roll 123 Omaha/Winnebago: 1899-1909 (NARS 313) Winnebago Frames 1-54 1899 Omaha Frames 56-109 1899



Omaha Frames 330-363 1902 Winnebago Frames 369-402 1902

RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs 27Statistics Frame 404 1902 (August 29)


SUBGROUP SIX CENSUS RECORDS, 1885-1917 Roll 123 Omaha/Winnebago: 1899-1909 (NARS 313) cont.


Omaha Frames 514-566 1904 Omaha Statistics Frame 569 1904

Omaha Frames 571-638 1905 Omaha Frames 643-694 1906 Omaha Statistics Frame 696 1907 Omaha Frames 697-748 1907 Omaha Statistics Frame 751 1908 Omaha Frames 752-806 1908 Omaha Frames 807-end 1909

Roll 124 Omaha Indians: 1915-1924 (NARS 314)

Omaha Frames 1-54 1915 Omaha Deaths Frames 55-58 1914-1915 Omaha Births Frames 59-61 1914-1915

Omaha Frames 62-116 1916 Omaha Statistics Frame 117 1916

Omaha Frames 119-194 1917 (Nov. 1) Omaha Statistics Frame 195 1917

Omaha Frames 197-222 1918 Index Omaha Frames 223-300 1918 Omaha Statistics Frame 301 1918

Omaha Frames 302-327 1919 Index Omaha Frames 328-406 1919

Omaha Frames 407-484 1920

Omaha (on reservation), Frames 485-555 1921 Omaha (off reservation), Frames 556-566 1921

Omaha Frames 568-647 1922 Omaha (off reservation), Frame 648 1922 Omaha Deaths Frame 649 1921-1922

Omaha (on reservation), Frames 651-721 1923 Omaha (off reservation), Frames 722-732 1923 Omaha Deaths Frame 733 1922-1923

Omaha Frames 735-815 1924

RG0508 United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs 29Omaha Deaths Frame 816 1923-1924


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SUBGROUP SIX CENSUS (cont.)

Roll 125 Santee, Flandreau Santee Sioux, & Ponca Indians, 1885-1898 (NARS 475)

Flandreau S.D. Frames 3-18 1885 (July 1) Ponca, Dakota Frames 20-30 1885 (July 1) Santee Frames 32-75 1885 (July 1)

Sioux Statistics Frame 77 1886 Ponca Frames 78-89 1886 Santee Frames 90-135 1886 Flandreau Frames 136-149 1886

Flandreau Frames 151-161 1887 Santee Frames 163-166 1887

(to correct ages, 3/30/1888) Ponca Frames 167-178 1887 Santee Frames 179-224 1887

Santee Frames 225-279 1888 Ponca Frames 281-293 1888 Flandreau Frames 295-306 1888

Flandreau Frames 309-320 1889 Ponca Frames 322-330 1889 Santee Frames 332-330 1889 Flandreau Frames 367-377 1890 Helms, Agt Ponca Frames 379-388 1890

(mislabeled 1899 Helms, Agent) Santee Frames 389-423 1890 Flandreau Frames 428-440 1890 (Oct.12) Flandreau Frames 443-454 1891 Ponca Frames 456-463 1891 Santee Frames 465-499 1891

Santee Frames 502-539 1892 Ponca Frames 540-549 1892


Santee Frames 606-645 1894 Santee Statistics Frame 646 1894 Ponca Frames 648-656 1894 Ponca Statistics Frame 657 1894



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SUBGROUP SIX CENSUS (cont.) Roll 125 (cont)


Santee Statistics Frame 765 1897 Santee Frames 767-808 1897 Ponca Frames 810-818 1897


Roll 126 Santee/Ponca: 1899-1907; 1909; 1910 (NARS 476)

Ponca Frames 1-12 1899 Santee Frames 14-57 1899



NOTE: Remainder of rolls have statistical summaries at end of each census









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SUBGROUP SIX CENSUS (cont.) Roll 126 (cont)


Roll 127 Santee/Ponca: 1911-1917 (NARS 477)

(The following years give birth dates in census) Santee Frames 3-38 1911 Ponca Frames 40-49 1911



(The following years give Birth, Death, and Marriage dates)

Santee Frames 231-303 1914


Santee Frames 399-470 1916

(+Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce) Ponca Frames 471-491 1916


Roll 131 Pine Ridge Agency, June 30, 1896 #23,354

NOTE: Census of the Sioux & Cheyenne Indians. Gives Indian and English names, sex, relation, & age. Wakpomini District; Parcupine District; Wounded Knee District; Medicine Root District; White Clay District; and Pass Creek District. DDM/pmc 11/20/1986 PMC/wp50 3/6/1991 SRW/PMC 9/9/1991 SRW/SRW 6/9/1992 SRW/SRW 6/3/1997 SRW/srr Word 2000 1/16/2001 PMC Word 6.1 5/23/2006