Torres-Martinez Indian Subagency (California)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Subagency
Cahuilla

History
The Torres-Martinez Subagency operated under the Mission Agency from at least 1920 to 1946.

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.

Some records of the Torres-Martinez Subagency, 1920-1946, are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Laguna Niguel, California. They are included in the records of the Mission Agency.