Fort Mojave Indian Tribe

Guide to Mohave people ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and other agency records.



The Fort Mojave Indian Reservation is a federally-recognized reservation, located in western Arizona, on the Colorado River, just south of Bullhead City, Arizona.

Tribal Headquarters
Fort Mojave Indian Tribe 500 Merriman Avenue Needles, CA 92363 Phone: 1.760.629.4591 Fax: 1.760.629.5767

The Fort Mojave Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation along the Colorado River, currently encompassing 23,669 acres (96 km²) in Arizona, 12,633 acres (51 km²) in California, and 5,582 acres (23 km²) in Nevada.

The reservation was originally established in 1870 and is now home to approximately 1,100 members of the Mohave Tribe.

Agency (BIA) --Colorado River Indian Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs

Principal tribes -- Mojave

Agency Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records

Fort Mojave, 1892-1915 Census Rolls FHL film 576839

Land Records
Total acres 38,384

Reservations
See Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Arizona (Reservation)

For Further Reading
See also American Indian For Further Reading.


 * Fort Mojave Indian Tribe. Constitution and Bylaws of the Fort Mojave Tribe of the Fort Mojave Reservation, Arizona, Nevada, and California. S.l: s.n.], 1957.
 * Fort Mojave Indian Tribe. Fort Mojave Indian Reservation. Needles, Calif: Fort Mojave Tribe, 1970.
 * Celebrating Change: The Fort Mojave Indian Tribe. Needles, CA: Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, 2001.
 * Smith, Gerald Arthur. The Mojave Indians. [Bloomington, Calif.]: San Bernardino County Museum Association, 1977.
 * American West Center. Doris Duke Oral History Project. 1966.
 * Fort Mojave Indian Tribe Official Website
 * Fort Mojave Indian Reservation Wikipedia
 * Fort Mojave Indian Tribe Constitution. A copy of the Constitution and By-laws for this tribe is available at the Sandra Day O'Connor Law Library at Arizona State University