Santee Sioux Indian Agency (Nebraska)

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Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Santee Sioux, Flandreau Sioux, and Ponca

History
The Santee Sioux Agency, or at least the name, was established in 1866 when the Sioux which had been assigned to the Crow Creek Agency moved to a reservation in Nebraska. It was the successor to the old St. Peters Agency. The headquarters was located about 13 miles below the mouth of the Niobrara River on the west side of the Missouri River.

Agents and Appointment Dates
Asa M. Janney 1869, Joseph Webster 1871, Charles H. Searing August 27, 1875, John G. Gasmann April 25, 1877, John W. Douglas, March 28, 1878 and Isaiah Lightner April 25, 1877

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

Many of the records of the Santee Sioux Agency have been incorporated into the records of the Winnebago Agency. The historical records of the Winnebago Agency are in the Central Plains Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Kansas City. The records of the Santee Sioux in that collection include census records, family records, birth and death records, a marriage register, and other administrative records, 1861-1947.

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Santee Sioux Agency, 1871-1876, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Rolls 768-769. Copies are available at the National Archives and 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 Santee Sioux Agency, 1873-1875, and for the Santee and Flandreau Agency, 1880-1900, are on roll 47 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 ).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1885-1907, and 1909-1917. The rolls for 1885 through 1898 also in clude the Ponca Indians and the Flandreau Sioux. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 475 thru 477. 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.

Records available through the FamilySearch Library

 * School census 1927-1928, 1931-1932 FS Library Film: 1012662 Item 3
 * Court Records. Santee Sioux Roll: Act of March 4, 1917 and Court of Claim Judgement. prepared by Turin B. Boone and Irene W Basford; FS Library film 1015927 Item 14