Arkansas Superintendency of Indian Affairs

History
The Arkansas Superintendency of Indian Affairs was established in 1819. After the Superintendency was abolished in 1834, the few agencies remaining in Arkansas were then placed under the Western Superintendency of Indian Affairs.

Records for Superintendencies exist in the National Archives and copies of many of them are also available in other research facilities.

Tribes
Cherokee, Quapaw, Choctaw, Osage, Shawnee, Caddo, Delaware

Governors and Ex Officio Superintendents and Appointment Dates
James Miller March 3, 1819, George Izard March 24, 1825, John Pope March 9, 1829

Agencies
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.


 * Cherokee (Cherokee West)
 * Choctaw
 * Quapaw

Records
Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Arkansas Superintendency, 1824-1834, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the and its FamilySearch centers on their microfilm roll number 1,660,759.