Kaw Indian Agency (Oklahoma)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Kansa

History
The Kaw Agency was established in 1904 for the Kansa Indians. It was merged with the Ponca Agency in 1912, which in turn merged with the Pawnee Agency in 1919 .It continued to operate as a subagency under the Pawnee Agency.

Records
Some records for the Kaw Agency and Subagency, 1897-1937, are in the Southwest Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Fort Worth, including some heirship records, 1910-1923, and in the Oklahoma Historical Society in Oklahoma City, including individual Indian files, 1908-1916.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Kaw Agency, 1907-1912, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 68, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their microfilm number 1724286).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1905 and 1909 thru 1911. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, roll 199. 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 microfilm roll number 576888). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.