Anadarko Indian Agency (Oklahoma)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Wichita, Caddo, Delaware, Fort Sill Apache

History
The Anadarko Agency was established in 1948, essentially as a continuation of the Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita Agency. It is under the supervision of the Anadarko Area Office. .

See also:
The Anadarko Indians were also under the responsibilities of the the following agencies and Superintendencies

Texas Agency

Wichita Agency

Southern Superintendency

Central Superintendency

Agents
Eugene E. White, (Experiences of a Special Indian Agent. by E.E. White University of Oklahoma Press. Norman,OK. C. 1965. FHL book 973 B4w v.29)

There are twenty-three tribes of Indians under the jurisdiction of the Anadarko Area Office. Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo. Delaware, Wichita. Fort Sill Apache, Shawnee, Citizen Band of Potawatomi, Sac and Fox of Oklahoma, Kickapoo of Oklahoma, Iowas of Oklahoma, Pawnee, Ponca, Kaw, Tonkawa, Otoe and Missouria, Prairie Band of Potawatomi (Kansas), Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kickapoo of Kansas, Sac and Fox of Missouri, Iowa of Kansas.

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 these offices.

See records listed under the forerunner to this agency -- Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency.

Some records for the Anadarko Area Office are in the National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth).

The Division of Manuscripts Library, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma filmed Anadarko Agency Allotment Records and a Genealogy book of the Kiowa, Comanche, Kowa-Apache and some twenty-five Sioux Families.