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Online Resources
Native American Online Genealogy Records


 * Hoopes American Indian Collection, 1850-1969. New York State Historical Association.


 * DATABASE

Tribes Recognized by the Federal Government
Active Tribes

Cayuga Nation Oneida Nation Onondaga Nation Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (formerly the St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York) Seneca Nation of Indians Shinnecock Indian Nation BIA and Facebook Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians Tuscarora Nation

Tribes Recognized by the State of New York
State Recognized Tribes Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians Tuscarora Nation Unkechaug Nation Facebook

Tribes Formally in New York
Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca

Six Indian Nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora

Prevost, Toni Jollay. ''Indians from New York: a Genealogy Reference. ''Bowie Maryland: Heritage Books, c 1995. 3 V. WorldCat

Historical Tribes in New York
The following list of Native Americans who have lived in New York has been compiled from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians... and from Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.


 * Delaware or Lenni Lenape
 * Erie
 * Iroquois
 * Mahican
 * Mohegan
 * Montauk
 * Neutral
 * Oneida
 * Onondaga
 * Saponi
 * Seneca
 * Tuscarora
 * Tutelo
 * Wappinger
 * Wenrohronon

Agency Records
 Agencies 

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 were created by these offices.

The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in New York has been compiled from Hill's Office of Indian Affairs..., Hill's Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians , and others.


 * New York Liaison Office, Federal Bldg, 100 S. Clinton St., Syracuse, NY 13202]]
 * New York Agency 1829-1880
 * Seneca Agency 1824-1832
 * Six Nations Agency 1824-1834
 * Osage River Agency

Reservations in New York
The following list of reservations has been compiled from the National Atlas of the United States of America, the Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America , and other sources. Those reservations named in bold are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). Others have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government.


 * Akwesasne Reservation:
 * Allegany Reservation: State, under jurisdiction _______ Tribe: Seneca
 * Buffalo Creek Reservation:
 * Cattaraugus Reservation: State, under jurisdiction of ______ Office Tribe: Seneca
 * Cayuga Nation: under jurisdiction of New York Liaison Office, Tribe: ______
 * Erie Reservation:
 * Oil Springs Reservation:
 * [[Reservation: Oneida Tribes: Oneida Acres: 350 Established by: Treaty of Nov. 11, 1794 (VII, 44); arrangement with the State of New York. (See Ind. Aff. Rep. for 1877. 168.)
 * Oneida Indian Reservation: Oneida Tribes: Oneida, Onondaga, St. Regis Acres: 6,100 Established by: Treaty and arrangement with the State of New York November 11, 1794.Oneida Reservation:
 * Onondaga Reservation:
 * Poosepatuck Reservation:, , Tribe: Poosepatuck Established 1666
 * Seneca Nation: State, under jurisdiction of New York Liaison Office: Tribe: Seneca
 * Shinnecock Reservation: State, under jurisdiction of ______ Tribe: Shinnecock
 * St. Regis Reservation: under jurisdiction of New York Liaison Office, Tribe: Mohawk
 * Tonawanda Reservation: under jurisdiction of New York Liaison Office, Tribe: Tonawanda Band of Seneca
 * Tuscarora Reservation: under jurisdiction of New York Liaison Office, Tribe:______

New York Indian Schools
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Missions in New York
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Indian Health Agencies in New York
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New York Map of Indian Lands
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New York Native Americans Historical Background
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Archives
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Libraries
FamilySearch Library

Records of Native Americans in New York are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog Place Search under NEW YORK - NATIVE RACES and in the Subject Search under the name of the tribe or language group, such as IROQUOIS and ALGONQUIAN. Additional records are listed in the Subject Search under INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA - NEW YORK.


 * Duke University Oral History Collection 8 films FamilySearch Library 1st film
 * Census 1854 New york Indians living in Kansas FS Library Film:989204
 * Census films 1885-1924 FS Library films: 579700-579709
 * Land and Property Cayuga County, Reservation deeds, 1822-1901 FS Library films: 852061-852074
 * Holland Company Records 1790-1800 (Buffalo and Erie Counties) 23 films FamilySearch Library 1st film
 * Cattaraugus Reservation-Vital Records 1883-1940. FS Library film

Museums
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Societies
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Other Repositories
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For Further Reading

 * "Accompanying Pamphlet for Microcopy 1011", National Archives Microfilm Publications, Appendix.
 * American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
 * Gilbert, William Harlen, Jr. Surviving Indian Groups in the Eastern United States. Pp. 407-438 of the Smithsonian Report for 1948. Available online.
 * Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
 * Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
 * Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
 * Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. Available online.
 * Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.
 * National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations Available online.
 * Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online
 * Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.