Reno Indian Agency (Nevada)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Primarily Paiute.

History
The Reno Agency was established in 1912 for small groups of Indians in Nevada and northern California. Between 1918 and 1921, the Greenville Agency, Fort McDermitt Agency, and Nevada Agency were all transferred to the Reno Agency. In 1921, the Pyramid Lake Agency and the Digger Agency were also added to the Reno Agency. In 1923, the California Indians that had been under the jurisdiction of Reno were transferred to the Sacramento Agency. In 1925, the Reno Agency and the Carson School were consolidated to form the Carson 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.

A few records of the Reno Agency are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in San Francisco, including:


 * Land allotment and heirship case files, 1905-1925
 * School records, 1908-1933
 * Health and social services records, 1910-1923
 * Law enforcement records, 1912-1925
 * And a variety of other administrative files, 1905-1933.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Nevada Agency, 1913-1924, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 116, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their ).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1922 thru 1924. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, roll 425. 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.