Uintah and Ouray Indian Agency (Utah)

The Uintah &amp; Ouray Agency is a currently operating agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Its supervising office is the Phoenix Area Office.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Uinta, White River, and Uncompahgre (Tabaquache) Bands of Ute; Paiute

History
The Uintah and Ouray Agency was established in the Uintah Valley in 1865. It was a continuation of the earlier Spanish Fork-Uintah Valley Agency. Several agents operated under the Utah Superintendency from 1849 to 1870, when the Superintendency was abolished. By 1869, the Uintah Valley Agency was the only one left in Utah and it reported directly to the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC. The name was changed to Uintah and Ouray Agency in 1886.

The Uintah and Ouray Agency primarily had jurisdiction for the Uinta, White River, and Uncompahgre (Tabaquache) Ute Indians. In 1939, the Paiute Agency was also assigned to the Uintah and Ouray Agency.

Special Agent
Eugene E. White FS Library book 973 B4w v.29

Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records

A few of the records of the Uintah and Ouray Agency, 1897-1989, have been transferred to the Rocky Mountain Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Denver. These records are primarily administrative files regarding financial matters, but there are some other records of particular value to family history researchers, including:


 * Registers of Indian Families, 1904-1905
 * Allotment Records, 1905-1941
 * Health Registers, 1920-1935
 * Annuity Rolls, 1921-1949
 * Births and Deaths, 1922-1927

Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900 have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of Microcopy Number M1070. The reports for Uintah and Ouray Agency, 1886-1900, are on roll 54 of that Microcopy set. Copies are available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its family history centers (their ). Reports exist for the Uintah Agency, 1882-1883 and for the Ouray Agency, 1883-1887, as well.

The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Uintah Valley Indian Reservation. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Uintah and Ouray Agency, as well as many pages of Indian Population Schedules for the native population of the Reservation. They are recorded as District 210, Uintah Valley Reservation, in Uintah County, Utah.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Uintah and Ouray Agency, 1907-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 158-59, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City (their.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1885-1889, 1891-1892, 1894-1940, and 1942-1944. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 608 thru 615. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its family history centers (their ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

Records Available through the FamilySearch Library
Vital Records from Indian Census Rolls - above


 * Birth and Death records 1924-1932 FS Library film 583072
 * Census and genealogical records, 1835-1946. FS Library Film: 1033685 Item 6
 * 1944 Census FS Library film: 001761
 * Family Records of Uintah and White River Utes, 1867-1948. FS Library Film: 1035932 Item 3 or Book: 970.3 Ut2f
 * Land Division 1953. FS Library film: 001762
 * Proposed Membership Rolls 1955. FS Library Book:970.1 Al no. 38
 * School Records 1916-1954. FS Library Film: 1275619 items 5-6 and 1275620 items 1-4
 * Vital Records Pre 1953. FS Library Film: 001763-001769 or FS Library Book: 970.3 Ut2v