Pierre Indian Agency (South Dakota)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Lower Yanktonai, Lower Brule, Miniconjou, and Two Kettles bands on the Crow Creek reservation, and the Lower Brule and Lower Yanktonai bands on the Lower Brule reservation

History
The Pierre Agency was established in 1954 at the merger of the Crow Creek Agency and the Pierre Indian School. The agency was suspended in 1972.

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.

Some records of the Pierre Agency are in the Central Plains Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Kansas City, including:


 * School census cards, 1928-1960
 * Court records, 1944-1966
 * Student case files, 1944-1964

Records Available through the Family History Library

 * Agency Records, 1960-1970 contains; estate, heirship, enrollment, and citizenship FHL Film: 1204881