Miami Indian Agency (Oklahoma)

The Miami Agency is a currently operating agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Its supervising office is the Muskogee Area Office.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Cayuga, Eastern Shawnee, Miami, Modoc, Nez Perce, Ottawa, Peoria, Quapaw, Seneca-Cayuga, Wyandotte, and the Confederated Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, and Wea

History
The Miami Agency is the successor to the Quapaw Agency, which was established in 1871 and operated under that name until 1947, when the name was changed to the Miami Agency.

Agents
John E. Douglas, Abel C. Pepper, John Tipton, Samuel Milroy, Allen Hamilton, Joseph Sinclair

Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records

For a description of the various records, their content, and their availability, link to the pages for each type of record. Each individual agency also has a page describing its history and the location of their records. An alphabetical list of the agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs can be found below. They are also linked under the topic "American Indians" for each state. Pages for individual sub-agencies are listed alphabetically under the category of "American Indian Subagencies" and are linked under the topic of "American Indians" for each state where they existed.

See the listing of records under Quapaw Agency. In addition to the records listed there for the Quapaw Agency, additional records may be in the National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth), including enrollment records, a register of Indian families, other family history records, student records, medical files, census records, and other items of interest to a family historian.

Records at National Archives at Fort Worth


 * Annuity Rolls 1872 -
 * Census Rolls 1874-fckLR
 * Enrollment - Quapaw 1883-1915
 * Register of Indian Families 1901-1910
 * Records of Employees 1884-1909