Consolidated Ute Indian Agency (Colorado)

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Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Ute

History
The Consolidated Ute Agency was established in 1922 by the merging of the Southern Ute Agency and the Ute Mountain Agency. They were subsequently made independent and the two agencies now operate separately.

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.

A few financial records and correspondence of the Consolidated Ute Agency, 1933-1970, are in the Rocky Mountain Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Denver.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Consolidated Ute Agency, 1923-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, roll 33, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City (their ).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1923-1924 and 1926 thru 1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 77-78. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its family history centers (their ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

Additional Records Available through the FamilySearch Library
School Records 1887-1949. FS Library film 1275618 items 11-12 and 1275619 item 1-4