Klamath Indian Agency (Oregon)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Klamath, Modoc, "Snake," and Pit River who lived on the Klamath Reservation.

History
A special agent was assigned to the Indians of the Klamath Lake area in 1861. That special agent was made a subagent in 1862 and in 1867, the subagent moved onto the Klamath Reservation. The Klamath Agency was made a full agency in 1872. The agency was terminated in 1961. .

Records
Some records of the Klamath Agency, 1867-1952, are in the Pacific Alaska Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Seattle, including records of allotments and annuities, as well as many other administrative and fiscal records of the agency. A brief listing of those records are online at the National Archives web site.

The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Klamath Indian Reservation. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Klamath Agency, as well as many pages of Indian Population Schedules for the native population of the Reservation. They are recorded as District 179, Klamath Indian Reservation, in Klamath County, Oregon.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Klamath Agency, 1907-1936, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, rolls 73-75, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their microfilm number 1724291-1724293).