Concho Indian Agency (Oklahoma)

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The Concho Agency is a currently operating agency. Its supervising office in the Bureau of Indian Affairs is the Anadarko Area Office.

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

History
The Concho Agency is the name given to the former Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency in 1963.

Records
Agencies and sub-agencies 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 historical records for this agency, prior to 1963, are to be found in the National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth), and in the Oklahoma Historical Society in Oklahoma City, under the name Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency.

National Archives at Fort Worth Center
 * Allotment case files 1891-1955
 * Township Plats 1873-1931
 * Annuity Rolls 1894-1908
 * Tribal Census 1891-1933
 * Birth Records 1910
 * Marriage License 1903-1913
 * Individual Indian money accounts 1909-1927
 * Cheyenne-Arapaho School - Cox records 1928=1965
 * Redmoon School, births and deaths 1908-1918

Records Available Through the FamilySearch Library

 * Rolls 1892-1921. FS Library films: 1026687-1026691 and 1026693-1026695
 * Census, and School Records. FS Library films: 1205782-1205784 and *1205786-1025787, and 1026692, 1248772, 1028498
 * Land and Property (Allotment)1891-1915. FS Library films: 1026683-1026686, and 1026691. 1026695, 1028498