Utah, Uintah County, Ute Indian Census, 1910 - FamilySearch Historical Records

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This collection consists of images of the annual census taken in June of 1910 on the Uintah & Ouray Agency of the WhiteRiver Ute nation. The records are located at the Uintah County Courthouse in Vernal, Utah. Federal censuses were taken yearly beginning in 1885 continuing to 1944 with some gaps. The following table lists available censuses for Ute Indians:

Additional information about Native American census records is available on the National Archive page [http://www.archives.gov/ research/census /native-americans/1885-1940.html Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940].

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 * Indigenous Peoples of North America - A Beginner's Guide
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Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Edward E. Hill, comp. Guide to records in the National Archives of the United States relating to American Indians. Washington, D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office, 1981 FHL 970.1 H551g
 * Floyd A. O'Neil. ''A history of the Ute Indians of Utah until 1890
 * Utah, Uintah County, Ute Native American Census, 1910
 * Indian census of the Ute tribe, 1944
 * Notice of Proposed Membership Rolls of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
 * Uintah band of Utes, Census (taken November 1945): Uintah -Ouray Band,...
 * Ute Tribal Land Division
 * Uintah and Ouray Agency. Vital Records of the Ute Indians to 1946.
 * Uintah and Ouray Agency. School Records,1916-1954.
 * Family Records of Uintah and White River Utes 1867-1948
 * Uintah and Ouray Agency. Genealogical Records, 1835-1946.
 * Utah. Office of Indian Affairs. Unpublished materials, 1888-1910Includes letters, allotments, court papers, reports, telegrams, and other miscellaneous records.

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940
 * United States, Native American, Census of the Ute Tribe, 1944

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Edward E. Hill, comp. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, record group 75. 2 volumes. Washington, D.C. : National Archives & Records Administration, 1965

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