Bishop Indian Agency (California)

Most of the area covered by this agency was in California, although there were a few areas in Nevada.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Paiute, Shoshone, Washoe (Washo), Monache

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 these offices.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1916 thru 1926. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, roll 2. 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.