San Xavier Indian Agency (Arizona)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Papago

History
The San Xavier Agency was established in 1902 from the Pima, Papago, and Maricopa Agency. The San Xavier Reservation was enlarged in 1917. In 1919, the superintendent (agent) moved to Indian Oasis and was renamed Sells 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.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the San Xavier Agency, 1910-1918, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 129, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their microfilm number.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1904, and 1910 thru 1917. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, roll 478. 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.