Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian Agency (Oklahoma)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Southern Cheyenne, Arapaho of Oklahoma

History
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency was established in 1874 and was the successor to the Upper Arkansas Agency. It was divided in 1902 and from it the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, the Seger Agency, and the Cantonement Agency were created. In 1917, the Red Moon Agency was separated from the Seger Agency. The former Seger Agency was closed, 31 March 1927, and attached to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, 20 October 1927. At that time, the agencies which had been divided off the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency all were reunited under the original name.

The name of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency was changed in 1963 to the Concho Agency.

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.

Many of the records of this agency are in the holdings of the National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth) and the Oklahoma Historical Society in Oklahoma City. Some of the records of greater value to family historians and genealogists in the Fort Worth Archives are:


 * Allotment records, 1893-1911
 * Census records, 1897-1943
 * Birth records, 1901-1902
 * Marriage records, 1902-1913

Among the records of the agency, in Oklahoma City, are:


 * Census rolls, 1869-1927
 * School records, 1871-1937
 * Miscellaneous records, 1869-1933

Letters received from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, 1875-1880, are included among Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Idaho Superintendency, filmed by the National Archives as their Microcopy M234, Rolls 119-126. This set of records is also available at the FamilySearch Library and its family history centers (their ).

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 Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, 1878-1900, are on rolls 3-4 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 ).

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, 1907-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 14-15, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1887-1888, and 1891-1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 27 thru 32. 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.

Vital Records
Cheyenne and Arapaho birth and deaths 1925-1934 FS Library film 574191