Sac and Fox Indian Agency (Iowa)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Sauk and Fox

History
The Sac and Fox Agency was established in 1866 for the Sauk and Fox Indians living in Tama County, Iowa. The Sac and Fox Sanatorium was established in 1913 and agency duties were assigned to it. The Sac and Fox Boarding School also operated from 1874 to 1911 and there were also a number of day schools.

Records
Agencies and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the 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 (for the tribe and tribal members) were created by and maintained by the agencies.

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Sac and Fox Agency, 1824-1880, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234, rolls 728-744. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their ).

The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Sac and Fox Agency, as well as many pages of Indian Population Schedules for the native population of the Reservation. They are recorded as District 149, Sac and Fox Indian Reservation, in Tama County, Iowa.

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 Sac and Fox Agency, 1873-1900 are on roll 45 of that Microcopy set. Copies are available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their ).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1888 thru 1932. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 450-452. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History 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 Family History Library
Census Supplement - Vital Records (part of Annual Indian Census Rolls


 * Birth and Death Records 1924-1932 FHL film 581446