Eastern Navajo Indian Agency (New Mexico)

The Eastern Navajo Agency is one of five currently operating administrative jurisdictions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the Navajo Reservation. It is located in Crownpoint, New Mexico and its supervising office is the Navajo Area Office.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Navajo

History
The Eastern Navajo Agency was established in 1901 from the division of the old Navajo Agency, which was created in 1852. It operated under the name Pueblo Bonito Agency until 1 January 1927. On 1 July 1935, it was consolidated with other Navajo agencies to form one agency called the Navajo Service, with headquarters at Window Rock, Arizona. In 1949, the Window Rock Area Office was formed and the Eastern Navajo Agency was a subagency for several years, eventually regaining its independent status.

Records
A few records of the Eastern Navajo Agency are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Los Angeles, including some school files, 1912-1916, and other administrative records, 1909-1944. A few employee assistance case files, 1952-1961 are in the Rocky Mountain Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Denver.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Eastern Navajo Agency, 1927-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 33-34, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their microfilm numbers 1724251-1724252.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1929-1935. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 98 thru 103. 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 numbers 575790 thru 575795). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.