Chickasaw and Seminole Indian Agency (Oklahoma)

United States American Indians  Indians of Oklahoma  

History
The Chickasaw Agency was established in 1800. Before that time the agent for the Choctaw Indians had been assigned some responsibility for the Chickasaw Indians.

Agents
Gaines P. Kensbury 1837, A. N. N. Upshaw 1839, Gabriel W. Long 1849, Kenton Harper 1851 and Andrew Jackson Smith 1852

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.