Fort McDermitt Indian Subagency (Nevada)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Primarily Paiute.

History
The Fort McDermitt Reservation was established in 1889, but the Fort McDermitt Agency apparently did not start to operate until about 1906. It continued as a subagency until at least 1923, at which time the Indians under its jurisdiction were assigned to the Reno Agency. In 1923, the California Indians that had been under the jurisdiction of Reno were transferred to the Sacramento Agency. In 1925, the Reno Agency and the Carson School were consolidated to form the Carson Agency. Some records exist under the title of Fort McDermitt Subagency for as late as 1948, although the title may refer to the name of the reservation, rather than to the subagency.

Records
A few records of the Fort McDermitt Subagency, 1906-1948, are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in San Francisco. :

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Fort McDermitt Subagency, 1910-1921, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 51, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their film number 1724169).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1910 thru 1923. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, roll 149. 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 number 576838). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.