Red Moon Indian Agency (Oklahoma)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Cheyenne and Arapaho

History
The Red Moon Agency was established in 1908 from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency. It was an Indian school which was given agent responsibilities for a short time. In 1917, the Red Moon Agency was merged back into the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, which today is the Concho Agency.

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.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1909-1912 and 1914 thru 1916. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, roll 425. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

See also records of: Red Moon School, Cheyenne and Arapho Agency and Concho Agency