Zuni Indian Agency (New Mexico)

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The Zuni Agency is a currently operating agency. Its supervising office in the Bureau of Indian Affairs is the Albuquerque Area Office.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Pueblo, Navajo

History
The Zuni Agency was established in 1902. Prior to that date, the Zuin Pueblo and school had been under the jurisdiction, successively, of the Pueblo Agency, the Pueblo and Jicarilla Agency, and the Albuquerque Indian School, in that order. It was reduced to the status of a sub-agency and placed under the United Pueblos Agency, 1 July 1935. It continued to operate under that status until about 1952.

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

At least some of the records of the Zuni Agency are in the Rocky Mountain Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Denver. Among those records are:


 * "Sanitary Record" of births, deaths, and illnesses, 1900-1910
 * Register of employees, 1905-1906
 * Student record books for the Zuni Boarding School, 1906-1911

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Zuni Agency, 1907-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 174, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1904-1905, 1907, 1915-1924, and 1926-1935. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 689 thru 692. 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.

Records Available Through the Family History Library

 * Sanitary, vital, school, employee, allotment 1900-1935 FHL Film 1266698 Items 3-8