Fort McDermitt Indian Subagency (Nevada)

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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
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.

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 FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City (their ).

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 FamilySearch Library and its family history centers (their ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.