Horton Indian Agency (Kansas)

The Horton Agency is a currently operating agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Its supervising office is the Anadarko Area Office.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Sauk and Fox, Iowa

History
The Horton Agency is the successor to what was originally the Potawatomi Agency, which was known from 1950 to 1964 as the Potawatomi Area Field Office. The Horton name was adopted in 1964.

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.

There are records in the Central Plains Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Kansas City, under the title of Horton Agency. It appears they are actually records of the Potawatomi Agency, since they all pre-date the use of the name Horton for this agency. Included among these records are:


 * Allotment and census rolls, 1863-1869
 * Register of allotments to minors, no date
 * Potawatomi Indian Training School Register, 1903-1904
 * And other administrative and financial records.

For records prior to 1964, see also those listed under Potawatomi Agency.