Ramah Navajo Indian Agency (New Mexico)

The Ramah Navajo Agency is an operating office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Its supervising office is the Albuquerque Area Office.

Indian Tribe Associated With This Field Office
Navajo

History
The Ramah Navajo Agency serves about 2000 Navajo living apart from the main Navajo Reservation. The Ramah Navajo Reservation is located in western New Mexico, east of the Zuni Reservation and nearly due west of Albuquerque.

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.