Window Rock Area Office (Arizona)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Navajo

History
The Window Rock Area Office was established in 1949.

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.

Some records for the Window Rock Area Office and its predecessors, 1915-1954, are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Laguna Niguel, California. Included among these records are some birth and death certificates and census rolls, in addition to the administrative and financial records of the office.

Other records for The Window Rock Area Office, 1952-1961, are in the National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver).