New York Indian Agency (New York)

The New York Agency has jurisdiction over the federally-recognized Indians of New York State. Its supervising office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs is the Eastern Area Office.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Seneca, Tuscarora, Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, and St. Regis

History
The New York Agency was a continuation of the Six Nations Agency which was established in 1792. The Six Nations Agency was reduced to a subagency in 1818. At the beginning of 1835, the name of theSix Nations Agency was changed to the New York Agency.

The New York Agency has had its headquarters in several locations since it began operations in Buffalo. The agency offices have been located in the home of the agent is such places as Ellicottville, Versailles, Randolph and many others. It has responsibilities for all federally recognized Indians residing in New York.

Subagents
James Stryker 1832, Griffith M. Cooper 1840, Stephen Osborne 1841, William P. Angel 1846, Robert H. Shankland 1848, Stephen P. Mead 1849, Charles P. Washburn 1851, Stephen Osborne 1851, and Marcus H. Johnson 1853

Agents and Appointment Date
Marcus H. Johnson 1855, Bela H. Colgrove 1857, Delos E. Sill 1861, Charles B. Rich 1864, Henry S. Cunningham 1866, Daniel Sherman 1869, Capt. E. R. Ames 1869 and Daniel Sherman 1870

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.

A few general records of the New York Agency, 1938-1949, are in the Northeast Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in New York City.

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the New York Agency, 1829-1880, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Rolls 583-597. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers on their.

Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900 have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of Microcopy Number M1070. The reports for New York Agency, 1873-1894, are on roll 30 of that Microcopy set. Copies are available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their ).

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Mackinac Agency, 1908-1934, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 92-93, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at the newer Mackinac Agency for 1885-1889, 1891-1901, and 1903 thru 1924. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 290-300. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.