Omaha Indian Agency (Nebraska)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Omaha, Winnebago

History
The Omaha Agency was established in 1856 for the Omaha tribe formerly under the Council Bluffs Agency. It was located on the west bank of the Missouri River, north of Decatur, Nebraska. It was consolidated with the Winnebago Agency in 1879 and was called the Omaha and Winnebago Agency. The Omaha Agency became independent again in 1903, but for the years 1910 to 1914, it was put under the Winnebago Agency. It was discontinued in 1925 when its responsibilities were acquired by the Winnebago Agency. .

Agents and Appointment Dates
John B. Robertson 1856, William F. Wilson 1858, William E. Moore 1859, George B. Graff 1860, Orsamus H. Irish 1861, Robert W. Furnas 1864, Lewis Lowry 1866, William P. Callon 1867, Edward Painter 1869, Theodore T. Gillingham September 30, 1873, Jacob Vore July 10, 1876

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

Many of the records of the Omaha Agency are included in the records of the Winnebago Agency, which assumed the responsibilities of this agency in 1925. Those records are in the Central Plains Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Kansas City. Census rolls, annuity payrolls, and other administrative records of Omaha Agency are included.

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Omaha Agency, 1856-1876, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Rolls 604-606. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers on their.

Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900 have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of Microcopy Number M1070. The reports for Omaha Agency, 1873-1874, are on roll 31 of that Microcopy set. Copies are available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their ).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1886-1909, and 1915-1924. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 311 thru 314. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Omaha Agency, 1907-1924, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 94-95, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their.