Southern Navajo Indian Agency (Arizona)

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Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Navajo

History
The Southern Navajo Agency is another name for the Fort Defiance Agency. It operated under the Southern Navajo name for a few years in the mid-1900s.

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

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Southern Navajo Agency, 1927-1935, are included in National Archives Microscopy M1011, Roll 141, 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 1930 thru 1935. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microscopy Number M595, rolls 518 thru 531. 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.


 * 1937 Census Navajo Southern reservation FS Library films 579688-579689


 * 1937 Census Navajo Southern reservation (New Mexico) FS Library 579690

Vital Records with Census FS Library films 581896, 581899,and 581902

(these films are a part of the above collection) See also: Southern Navajo Indian Agency and Fort Defiance Agency.

See also Navajo Agency and Fort Defiance Agency for a listing of other records pertaining to this agency.