Pueblo Bonito Indian Agency (New Mexico)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Navajo

History
The Eastern Navajo Agency was established in 1901 from the division of the old Navajo Agency, which was created in 1852. It operated under the name Pueblo Bonito Agency until 1 January 1927 when it was renamed Eastern Navajo 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.

A few records of the Eastern Navajo Agency are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Los Angeles, including some school files, 1912-1916, and other administrative records, 1909-1944 covering the time period it was operating as the Pueblo Bonito Agency.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Pueblo Bonito Agency, 1910-1926, are included in National Archives Microscopy M1011, Roll 110, 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 1909-1912, 1914-1924, and 1926. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microscopy Number M595, rolls 401 thru 403. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

Records Available through the FamilySearch Library

 * Census 1885-1899 FS Library film: 580775, 581391-581394


 * Pueblo Day School
 * Pueblo Day School - census- 1912-1919 FS Library films: 581398-581400