Edward E. Barry Collection

Edward E. Barry Collection, 1874-1977

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Barry, Edward E.
Title: Edward E. Barry Collection
Dates: 1874-1977
18741977
Quantity: 10.8 linear feet
Collection Number: Collection 2058, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Edward E. Barry Collection consist of copies of portions of Record Group 75, Bureau of Indian Affairs: Records of Indian Agencies: Fort Belknap Indian Agency, of the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; microfiche of records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Record Group 75) from the Seattle WA branch of the National Archives; and photocopies of testimony, exhibits and briefs of Dockets 250A and 279C from the records of Record Group 283, Indian Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Edward E. Barry, Jr. was an Associate Professor of Soils from 1964-1966, Associate Professor of History from 1966-1972, Assistant Professor of History 1972-1976 and Professor of History 1977-1984 at Montana State University-Bozeman. He retired in 1992.

In 1946, Congress passed the Indian Claims Commission Act as an independent agency to hear and determine claims against the United States by any tribe, band or other group of American Indians residing in the United States. Grievances of an Indian tribe were brought before the three-member Commission (later expanded to five members) who were appointed by the president. Decisions were reviewed by the U.S. Court of Claims and the Supreme Court if necessary. Originally created for 10 years, the Commission lasted until 1978 when it was abolished. The U.S. Court of Claims took over pending cases. To establish its case, a tribe presented evidence about tribal history and culture by experts in anthropology, ethnology and history to establish that land claimed was rightfully attributed to that particular tribe. Tribal reservation records were also introduced. If the tribe was determined to have proven its case, the value of the land at the time the land was taken was decided, and the U.S. Government paid the tribe compensation. Some of the evidence presented to the Commission came from the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75, of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Edward E. Barry, Jr. Collection consists of copies of portions of Record Group 75, Bureau of Indian Affairs: Records of Indian Agencies: Fort Belknap Indian Agency, of the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; microfiche of records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Record Group 75) from the Seattle WA branch of the National Archives; and photocopies of testimony, exhibits and briefs of Dockets 250A and 279C from the records of Record Group 283, Indian Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. It is arranged in 41 series.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Bureau of Indian Affairs Records, RG 75

Series 1: Letters received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1883-1927

Series 2: Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1880-1927

Series 3: Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1878-1899; 1916

Series 4: Local letters sent, 1910-1914; 1916-1927

Series 5: Miscellaneous letters received, 1877-1915

Series 6: Miscellaneous letters sent, 1880-1927

Series 7: General correspondence, 1878-1919

Series 8: Decimal File, 1916-1952

Series 9: General correspondence and Reports of Education, Health and Welfare Activities, 1909-1916; 1918-1942

Series 10: Annual Reports, 1879-1932

Series 11: Register of employees, 1882-1907

Series 12: Personnel Reports, 1895-1896

Series 13: School Program Records, 1882-1943

Series 14: Public School Contracts, 1935-1941; 1943-1952

Series 15: Estimates of goods and supplies, 1889-1892

Series 16: Land heirship and allotment project, 1874-1910; 1919-1935; 1941-1942

Series 17: Industrial survey, 1925

Series 18: Irrigation Program Records, 1899-1937; 1939-1955

Series 19: Farming Reports, 1889-1907

Series 20: Records relating to the Sugar Beet Program, 1906

Series 21: Milk River Stock Association account book, 1926; 1934

Series 22: Grazing Lease Administration Files; 1909-1945

Series 23: Forestry Program Administrative Files, 1908; 1912; 1916; 1929-1933; 1936-1942; 1948

Series 24: Roads Division Financial Records, 1889-1905

Series 25: The Indian Community: Records of Indian Society; Family History cards, 1920-1929

Series 26: Tribal Council Minutes, 1934; 1938-1946

Series 27: Physician's Reports, 1893-1908; 1915-1922; 1925-1935; 1937-1942

Series 28: Administration of law and order: Court Dockets, 1912

Series 29: Legal Actions, 1902; 1935

Series 30: Records of Social Welfare Programs: Subject Files, 1911; 1916; 1920-1933; 1942-1951

Series 31: Relief Programs Files, 1932-1933; 1935-1936; 1938-1942

Series 32: Ration Records, 1918

Series 33: Microfilmed Records: BIA; Fort Belknap Indian Agency

Indian Claims Commission Records, RG 283

Series 34: Defendant's Dockets, undated

Series 35: Department of Justice Reports, 1975

Series 36: Testimony before the ICC, 1975

Series 37: Pleadings before the ICC, 1971-1975

Series 38: Financial records, 1975

Series 39: Plaintiff Exhibits to ICC, 1877-1955

Series 40: Briefs, 1974-1977

Series 41: Miscellaneous reports, 1975-1977

Series 42: Appropriation reports, undated

Acquisition Information

Edward E. Barry, Jr. donated this collection of court records and supporting documents in 1975. They were acquired during research supported by a grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1972-1973 into claims by the Fort Belknap Indian Community of Montana against the United States of America. They were deposited with the permission of the U.S. Justice Department.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 13

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

RG 75: Bureau of Indian Affairs RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Series 1: Letters received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs NARA series # 75.19.30-1. "Incoming letters from The Commissioner of Indian Affairs deal with Indian horse raids and hostile actions (1877-1885), the creation of the Rocky Boy's Indian Agency (1915-1916), enrollments and claims for damages resulting from the construction of Dodson dam among other topics. Many letters discuss aspects of the education program. Registers are included with letters from 1919-1924. Some telegrams are also included. Arranged chronologically."	1883-1927
Box/Folder
1/1		1883-1916
1/2		1917-1927
	Series 2: Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs NARA series #75.19.30-2. "Outgoing bound letters from the Superintendent of the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Letters include routine agency business as well as annual, monthly, school and farm reports, census and allotment rolls, and references to the creation and maintenance of the Rocky Boy's Indian Agency. Registers are included with volumes for 1923-1925. Arranged chronologically."	1880-1927
Box/Folder
1/3		1880-1888
1/4		1889-1907
1/5		1908-1914
1/6		1915-1917
1/7		1918-1921
2/1		1922-1923
2/2		1924-1927
	Series 3: Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs NARA series #75.19.30-3. "Unbound copies of letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from the Superintendent of the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency. These letters are similar to those in Series 2. Letters from 1878-1899 do not duplicate those of the same dates in Series 2; however, some 1916 letters are duplicates. These letters were apparently filed separately from the bound volumes in Series 2. Topics include fiscal matters, reports of migrations of Canadian Indians and Indian raids, and an 1882 annual report describing the Ft. Belknap Agency and the daily life of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Indians. Arranged chronologically."	1878-1899; 1916
Box/Folder
1/3		1878-1884
2/4		1885-1889
2/5		1890-1893
2/6		1894-1899; 1916
	Series 4: Local letters sent NARA series #75.19.30-4. "Press copies of letters sent by the superintendent of the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency to farmers-in-charge, school teachers, employees, the superintendent of St. Paul's Mission school, local merchants and others pertaining to the implementation of Indian office policy and maintenance of the agency. Of particular interest are the minutes of a 1911 tribal council meeting opposing the allotment of lands to individual Indian of the Ft. Belknap Agency. Letters regarding the Rocky Boy's Agency are also included. There are no indexes in the volumes. Arranged chronologically."	1910-1914; 1916-1927
Box/Folder
2/7		1910-1914; 1916-1927
	Series 5: Miscellaneous letters received NARA series #75.19.30-5. "Letters received by the Superintendent of the Fort Belknap Indian Agency from employees, school teachers, merchants, Indian trades, military officers, and other agents. Many letters from military officers deal with Indian raids; horse stealing and other disturbances. Some letters from the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police discuss the transport of stolen horses across the border. Other letters describe irrigation projects and water rights on the Milk River. A rough draft of an 1887 agreement between the Indians of the Ft. Belknap, Ft. Peck and Blackfeet agencies and the U.S. government for a diminished reservation is also included. Arranged chronologically."	1877-1915
Box/Folder
2/8		1877-1915
	Series 6: Miscellaneous letters sent NARA series #75.19.30-6. "Press and carbon copies of letters sent by the superintendent of the Ft. Belknap Indian agency to Indian agents, farmers-in-charge, merchants, military officers, settlers, and others. Topics discussed include Indian raids and horse stealing, land leases for grazing and sugar beet culture, Indian health care, agency and non-reservation schools, land heirship, Individual Indian Money, irrigation usage, and agency fiscal matters and employees. Letters for 1915 and portions of 1916-1917, 1921-1924 are missing. There are indexes to letters in the volumes for 1880-1887 and 1907-1910. Arranged chronologically."	1880-1927
Box/Folder
2/9		1880-1927
	Series 7: General correspondence NARA series #75.19.30-7. "Letters received, and copies of letters sent by the Superintendent of the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency to military officers, other Indian agents, employees, merchants, bankers, Indians and others. There are a few letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and letters from 1878-1887 are predominantly outgoing, addressed to military officers and deal with Indian migrations, raids, and horse stealing. An 1878 letter describes raids on Ft. Belknap Indians by renegade Sioux and Sitting Bull. Outgoing letters from 1878-1887 seem to compliment letters from that period in entry 6. Other topics include tribal enrollments, grazing permits, claims for damage to crops and lands from the building of the Ft. Belknap-Dodson Reservoirs, Indian education and agency fiscal matters. The formal October 1895 agreement for a diminished Ft. Belknap Agency is also included. Arranged chronologically."	1878-1919
Box/Folder
3/1		1878-1919
	Series 8: Decimal File NARA series #75.19.30-9. "After 1925, general correspondence and reports were arranged by a decimal instead of an alphabetical subject file or registry system. This series, pre-1926 correspondence, was brought forward and incorporated into the decimal file of this Ft. Belknap Indian agency. Some annual reports were retained in the decimal file; others were not. Files relating to the Rocky Boy's Indian Agency are also included."	1916-1952
Box/Folder
3/2		1916-1924
3/3		1924-1929
3/4		1929-1930
3/5		1931-1932
3/6		1932-1934
3/7		1934-1936
3/8		1936-1937
3/9		1937-1939
3/10		1940
3/11		1941-1942
3/12		1942
4/1		1943-1952
	Series 9: General correspondence and Reports of Education, Health and Welfare Activities NARA series #75.19.30-11. "An alphabetical subject file of correspondence and reports pertaining to education, health and welfare on the Ft. Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Agencies Correspondence is filed under the above headings, as well as other topics relating to those headings such as credit fund, delinquents, CC-ID, enrolled program, home care, land leases (specified), marriage licenses, medical reports, ration list and Rocky Boy's agency programs."	1909-1916; 1918-1042
Box/Folder
4/2		1909-1912
4/3		1912-1915
4/4		1915-1916
4/5		1918-1923
4/6		1923-1942
	Series 10: Annual Reports NARA series #75.19.30-12. "Annual statistical and narrative reports of the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency. Reports from 1913-1925 deal with agency finances and personnel, law and order, health, education, industries (agriculture), forestry, irrigation, and tribal censuses. Not every report has a narrative accompanying the annual statistics. Arranged chronologically."	1879-1932
Box/Folder
4/7		1879-1883
4/8		1884-1912
4/9		1913-1915
4/10		1916-1918
4/11		1919-1920
5/1-2		1921
5/3		1922-1932
	Series 11: Register of employees NARA series #75.19.30-14. "Descriptive statements of Indian and white employees of the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency, day and boarding schools, the Milk River, Peoples Creek and Lodge Pole day schools, and Indian police. Statements include name of employee, sex, race, age, marital status, position, previous occupation, birthplace, residence, where employed and for what tribes, date of nomination, dates of service, compensation, regular and irregular employee, and remarks. Entries are arranged chronologically, and by place of employment there under."	1882-1907
Box/Folder
5/4		1882-1889
5/5		1890-1891
5/6		1892
5/7-8		1893
5/9		1894
5/10		1895
5/11-12		1896
5/13		1897
6/1-3		1898
6/4-5		1899
6/6-7		1900
6/8-10		1901
6/11-12		1902
7/1-2		1903
7/3-4		1904
7/5		1905
7/6		1906-1907
	Series 12: Personnel Reports NARA series #75.19.30-16. "Personal histories and efficiency reports of Indian and white employees at the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency and schools. Personal histories include employees name, race, dater, and place of birth, occupation, salary, other Indian office service, military service, education and physical attributes. Efficiency reports evaluate teachers and farmers-in-charge and include the employee's name, race, position, salary date and comments."	1895-1896
Box/Folder
7/7		1895-1996
	Series 13: School Program Records NARA series #75.19.30-21. "Fragmentary records reflecting the implementation of school policies and the daily activities of the students. Included are annual reports, correspondence, reports of supervisory visits to classrooms, application for enrollment, statements of children transferred to St. Paul's Mission school and other non-reservation schools, tuition statements from St. Paul's Mission school, school activities, reports of examination and promotion, and printed reports of the superintendent of Indian Schools. Arranged by type of record and there under chronologically. Not every year is represented in the records."	1882-1943
Box/Folder
7/8		1882-1891
7/9		1892-1904
7/10		1905-1915
7/11		1916-1917
7/12		1918-1928
8/1		1929-1933
8/2		1934-1936
8/3		1941-1943
	Series 14: Public School Contracts NARA series #75.19.30-26. "Local school districts and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs entered into agreements to register a specified number of Indian children in public schools. Fragmentary correspondence and contracts. Arranged chronologically."	1935-1941; 1943-1952
Box/Folder
8/4		1935-1941
8/5		1943-1952
	Series 15: Estimates of goods and supplies NARA series #75.19.30-28. "Annual and quarterly estimates of goods and supplies for the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency and schools. Estimates of amounts and types of foods for a specified number of students indicate the type of diet promoted at the boarding school. Titles of books comprising the curriculum are also included. Arranged chronologically. Not every year is presented in the records."	1889-1892
Box/Folder
8/6		1889-1892
	Series 16: Land heirship and allotment project NARA series #75.19.30-31. "A Work Progress Administration project intended to document allotments of land to Indians on the Fort Belknap Reservation. Records include instructions for completing allotment forms; list of allottees and allotment numbers containing allotment or estate records, stating names and no. of allottees, date of allotment, legal description of land, and disposition of allotments, i.e. removal of restriction, certificate of competency, issuance of fee patents, sale by approved deed, relinquishment, etc.; and land reserved for special purposes."	1874-1910; 1919-1935; 1941-1942
Box/Folder
8/7		1874-1910
8/8		1919-1935
8/9		1941-1942
	Series 17: Industrial survey NARA series #75.19.30-32. "Surveys conducted by the Superintendent, farmer and field matron to determine status of Indian and allotments on the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency. Surveys for each family include: allotment number for head of household, degree of blood, status (ward or non-ward), number for family members and statements regarding type of allotment and present land use, health, description of family members (including allotment statements), physical description of dwelling, reimbursable debts, crops and livestock raised over the past year, and date of survey. Most surveys include a photograph of the family and their dwelling."	1925
Box/Folder
8/10		1925
	Series 18: Irrigation Program Records NARA series #75.19.30-33. "Fragmentary records related to irrigation programs at the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency include a report and estimated cost of irrigating systems for Milk River, Beaver Creek, Big and Little Warm Springs, Lodge Pole and Peoples Creek (1898), annual statistics of irrigable and irrigated lands and a list of irrigated lands on Indian allotments (1924-1933), and water uses census, indicating the users name and a description of the irrigated land (1938-1940, 1944)."	1899-1937; 1939-1955
Box/Folder
8/11		1889-1915
8/12		1916
8/13		1917-1931
9/1		1932-1935
9/2		1935-1937
9/3		1939-1943
9/4		1944-1955
	Series 19: Farming Reports NARA series #75.19.30-35. "Annual and monthly statistical reports of farming operations at locations on the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency. There are annual reports for the Ft. Belknap Indian Training Schooled and the Hays sub-agency including a list of crops raised at the school, and acres cultivated and livestock raised by specific Indians on the Hays district. Monthly reports of resident farmers include Indian assisted and instructed in farming techniques, acres plowed and planted, crops stored or processed, houses erected by Indians, condition of stock, and remarks. Arranged chronologically."	1889-1907
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9/5		1889-1892
9/6		1892-1895
9/7		1895-1898
9/8		1898-1899
9/9		1900-1907
	Series 20: Records relating to the Sugar Beet Program NARA series #75.19.30-36. "Records relating to the establishment of a program of sugar beet farming for the Indians in conjunction with private industry. The program proposed that unoccupied agency land be leased to private sugar-beet companies, who would Indian labor to cultivate the beets. Indian profits would be applied to a general reservation refund or payment to individual Indian laborers and investment in annual farm machinery. Records include correspondence to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, sugar-beet companies and others regarding the program description and implementation, leases for sugar beet farming executed by the Business Council of the Indians of Ft. Belknap, the CIA, the Superintendent and private farms."	1906
Box/Folder
9/10		1906
	Series 21: Milk River Stock Association account book NARA series #75.19.30-39. "The Milk River Stock Administration administered a large portion of grazing lands for the use of other Indians in the Milk River district. Grazing fees were charged to Association members and non- members. Receipts were entered into an I.I.M. account Entries include Association estimates of receipts and expenses and grazing charges, and receipts for leases including allotments numbers, names, amount paid and number of stock grazed."	1926; 1934
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9/11		1926; 1934
	Series 22: Grazing Lease Administration Files NARA series #75.19.30-40. "Fragmentary operational record pertaining to grazing activities on leased land. Subjects include the allocation of range units, powers of attorney for grazing permits, schedules of ranges, range inspection, abstract of bids for grazing privileges, Indian stockman's grazing money, official tribal receipts, record of payments for grazing permits, performance of yearling stars on summer mountain ranges, and cattle censuses."	1909-1945
Box/Folder
9/12		1909-1922
10/1		1923-1936
10/2		1936-1945
	Series 23: Forestry Program Administrative Files NARA series #75.19.30-47. "Files pertaining to the implementation of forestry program activities at the Ft. Belknap and Rocky Boy's Agencies. Records include annual forestry and grazing reports, annual fire reports, and fire protection records, Ft. Belknap and Rocky Boy's sawmill reports, and analysis of expenditures. The bulk of the records are for the period 1932-1948."	1908; 1912; 1916; 1929-1933; 1936-1942; 1948
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10/3		1908; 1912; 1916
10/4		1929-1933
10/5		1936-1940
10/6		1941
10/7		1942; 1948
	Series 24: Roads Division Financial Records NARA series #75.19.30-52. "Fragmentary records including consolidated financial statements, individual project statements, budget estimates, payroll summaries, directories, and Indian employee checks."	1889-1905
Box/Folder
10/8		1889-1905
	Series 25: The Indian Community: Records of Indian Society; Family History cards NARA series #75.19.30-62. "Family history cards were compiled about 1909 "to establish in each agency office a set of files in regard to individual Indians especially allotees." History cards developed at the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency omitted allotment numbers, however. Entries may include name of allottees, where married and by whom, if divorced, where and date, Indian and English names of spouse, their parents and children and dates of birth and death."	1920-1929
Box/Folder
10/9		1920-1929
	Series 26: Tribal Council Minutes Minutes of the Fort Belknap Community Council, Fort Belknap Agency.	1934; 1938-1946
Box/Folder
10/10		1934
10/11		(January-February) 1938
10/12		(March-July) 1938
10/13		(August-December) 1938
11/1		(January-March) 1939
11/2		(April-September) 1939
11/3		(October-December) 1939
11/4		(January-March) 1940
11/5		(April-May) 1940
11/6		(May-August) 1940
11/7		(September) 1940
11/8		(October-December) 1940
11/9		(January-February) 1941
11/10		(March-October) 1941
11/11		(November-December) 1941
11/12		(January-April) 1942
12/1		(May-August) 1942
12/2		(September-December) 1942
12/3		(January-May) 1943
12/4		(June-July) 1943
12/5		(August-December) 1943
12/6		(January-April) 1944
12/7		(May-August) 1944
12/8		(September-December) 1944
12/9		(January-March) 1945
12/10		(May) 1945; (July) 1945
12/11		(August-October) 1945
12/12		(January) 1946; (March-May) 1946
12/13		(May-August) 1946
12/14		(November-December) 1946
	Series 27: Physician's Reports NARA series #75.19.30-66. "The agency physician was responsible for the health of Indians at the Ft. Belknap Agency. The records include monthly and quarterly sanitary reports listing types and frequency of diseases among Indians, physician's semi-annual statistical reports, lists of supplies and medical used in administering the health program, instructions an correspondence regarding the 1918 influenza epidemic, census of hospital patients and certificates excusing children from class due to illness. Monthly and quarterly reports for the 19th entry include narrative sections dealing with efforts to improve sanitary conditions at Ft. Belknap. Arranged by type of record and there under chronologically."	1893-1908; 1915-1922; 1925-1935; 1937-1942
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13/1		1893-1908
13/2		1915-1922
13/3		1925-1928
12/4		1928-1930
13/5		1931-1935
13/6		1937-1942
	Series 28: Administration of law and order: Court Dockets NARA series #75.19.30-72. "Dockets of cases heard in the Court of Indian Offenses. Entries include date, name of defendant, charge (accusation) and decision. Arranged chronologically."	1912
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13/7		1912
	Series 29: Legal Actions NARA series #75.19.30-73. "Copies of cases heard before the court of Indian offenses (at Ft. Belknap) or U.S. Courts involving Indians from the Ft. Belknap Agency. Cases were filed under the heading "court proceedings" or by the surname of the defendant. Estate papers and legal actions such and formal complaints. Warrants to apprehend and probation pledges are also included."	1902; 1935
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13/8		1902; 1935
	Series 30: Records of Social Welfare Programs: Subject Files NARA series #75.19.30-74. "Correspondence related to several ongoing welfare programs at the Ft. Belknap Indian Agency including health programs, rationing. Emergency conservation work, civilian conservation corps. Indian farming and stock raising, and flour mill operation. Also include are statistical reports and financial summaries."	1911; 1916; 1920-1933; 1942-1951
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13/9		1911; 1916
13/10		1920-1923
13/11		1924-1927
13/12		1928-1930
14/1		1931-1933
14/2		1942-1943
14/3-4		1944
14/5		1945
14/6		1946-1951
	Series 31: Relief Programs Files NARA series #75.19.30-75. "Fragmentary records consisting of correspondence, applications and lists of recipients for resettlement (admin). Farm Security Administration, ADC, OAA and relief benefits. Apparently maintained separately from other relief program files."	1932-1933; 1935-1936; 1938-1942
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14/7		1932
14/8-9		1933
14/10		1935
15/1-2		1935
15/3		1936; 1938
15/4		1939
15/5		1940-1942
	Series 32: Ration Records NARA series #75.19.30-78. "Various types of ration records documenting issues to widows, old persons, and physically handicapped persons not receiving consistently monthly incomes form a relief agency. Records include reports and registers of food, household and agricultural items issued to families and individual Indians residing at the Lodge Pole, Hays, and Milk River Districts. Registers contain names and ages of family members. Ration applications and related correspondence are also included."	1918
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15/6		1918
	Series 33: Microfilmed Records: Bureau of Indian Affairs; Fort Belknap Indian Agency Microfilmed copies of miscellaneous letters sent by the Fort Belknap Indian Agency, local letters sent by the Fort Belknap Indian Agency, list of Indians at Fort Belknap Indian Agency, and register of annuities issued to Indians at Fort Belknap Agency. From the Archives Branch of the Federal Archives and Records Center, Seattle, Washington. NARA Records Group 75.
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16/1	Fort Belknap Indian Agency miscellaneous letters sent:
		July 11, 1911 - January 13, 1912
		January 15 - July 18, 1912
		July 19 - December 9, 1912
16/2	Fort Belknap Indian Agency miscellaneous letters sent:
	(cont.)	July 19 - December 9, 1912
		December 10, 1912 - June 11, 1913
		June 12 - November 19, 1913
		November 20, 1913 - May 1, 1914
16/3	Fort Belknap Indian Agency miscellaneous letters sent:
	(cont.)	November 20, 1913 - May 1, 1914
		May 4 - September 18, 1914
16/3	Fort Belknap Indian Agency local letters sent:
		November 15, 1910 - August 28, 1911
16/4	Fort Belknap Indian Agency local letters sent:
		August 29, 1911 - June 13, 1912
		June 14, 1912 - January 23, 1913
16/5	Fort Belknap Indian Agency miscellaneous letters sent:
		April 25, 1887 - October 5, 1889
		October 12, 1893 - March 25, 1894
		July 25, 1894 - September 3, 1895
16/6	Fort Belknap Indian Agency miscellaneous letters sent:
	(cont.)	July 25, 1894 - September 3, 1895
	(pg. 1-17 illegible; pg. 18-33 missing)	September 18, 1897 - April 2, 1900
		April 3 - July 7, 1900
		July 2, 1900 - August 30, 1902
		August 29, 1902 - June 23, 1903
16/7	Fort Belknap Indian Agency miscellaneous letters sent:
		June 25, 1903 - June 28, 1904
		May 29, 1904 - February 28, 1905
		March 1 - August 31, 1905
16/8	Fort Belknap Indian Agency miscellaneous letters sent:
		March 1 - August 31, 1905
	(January 30, 1893; September 2, 1905; October 11, 1905; May 21, 1906; October 10, 1905)	January 20, 1893 - October 10, 1905
		May 22, 1906 - April 17, 1907
		April 23, 1907 - February 17, 1908
16/9	Fort Belknap Indian Agency miscellaneous letters sent:
	(cont.)	April 23, 1907 - February 17, 1908
		February 17 - July 31, 1908
		July 31, 1908 - January 26, 1909
		January 27 - May 31, 1909
16/10	Fort Belknap Indian Agency miscellaneous letters sent:
	January 27 - May 31, 1909 (cont.)
		May 31 - October 15, 1909
		October 15, 1909 - March 5, 1910
		March 5 - July 12, 1910
16/11	Fort Belknap Indian Agency miscellaneous letters sent:
	(cont.)	March 5 - July 12, 1910
		July 12 - November 18, 1910
		November 15, 1910 - July 8, 1911
16/11	List of Indians at Fort Belknap Agency:	1878 - 1883
16/11	Registers of annuities issued to Indians, Fort Belknap Agency:	1886 - 1899

RG 283: Indian Claims Commission RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Series 34: Defendant's Dockets These exhibit files are arranged in the order in which the ICC received the materials. The collection of exhibit dockets are comprised of the defendant's exhibits to the ICC Dockets 250-A and 279-C.	undated
Box/Folder
17/1	FB1-FB36
17/2	FB38-68
17/3	FB 69-102
17/4	FB103-FB131
17/5	FB132-FB168
17/6	FB169-197
17/7	FB198-213
17/8	FB214-FB232
17/9	FB232-FB256
18/1	FB257-FB287
18/2	FB288-FB317
18/3	FB318-FB350
18/4	FB351-FB379
18/5	FB380-FB393
18/6	FB394-FB408
18/7	FB409-FB416
18/8	FB417-FB427
18/9	FB428-FB431
18/10	FB432-FB447
19/1	FB448-FB455
19/2	FB456-FB468
19/3	FB469-FB489
19/4	FB490-FB497
19/5	FB498-FB528
19/6	FB529-FB545
19/7	FB546-FB549
19/8	FB550-FB565
19/9	FB566-FB576
	Series 35: Department of Justice Reports Reports presented by the C.D. Shultz and Company, INC. To the Department of Justice Land and National Resources Division in connection with claims before the ICC.	1975
Box/Folder
19/10	History of economical influences on Ft. Belknap, Blackfeet Indian reservation. Docket 250 A, 279 C, 279 D P 1-99.
19/11	History of economical influences on Ft. Belknap, Blackfeet Indian reservation. Docket 250 A, 279 C, 279 D P 100-145
19/12	Selective review of water use and related issues on Ft. Belknap reservation p 1-40+ Digest	1878-1946
19/13	Management of range resources on Ft. Belknap Reservation 1-78	1878-1946
20/1	Review of mineral resources and related issues of Ft. Belknap reservation p 1-29	1878-1946
20/2	Management of timber resources on Ft. Belknap Reservation p 1-49	1878-1946
20/3	Land disposition of Ft. Belknap Reservation p 1-39	1878-1946
	Series 36: Testimony before the ICC Testimony given before the ICC during proceedings under docket number 250-A and 279-C Testimony is in the form of letters to the Department of the Interior, notes, and court transcripts.	1975
Box/Folder
20/4-5	Testimony of P. Plumage Sr.	1895-1937
20/6-8	Testimony of E. Barry and P. Gillis
	Series 37: Pleadings before the ICC Legal briefs before the ICC containing the pleas from both petitioners and defendants under docket number 250-A and 279-C	1971-1975
Box/Folder
20/9	Pleadings before ICC
21/1-2	Pleadings before ICC
	Series 38: Financial records Financial records of Ft. Belknap Indian Reservation in the form of itemized disbursement lists of payments from Ft. Belknap as well as letters and quarterly reports.	1975
Box/Folder
21/3-6	Agriculture
21/7	Grazing
21/8	Accident Assoc., Horses Destroyed, Industrial Assis., Engineers, Household
21/9	Accounting
22/1	Provisions
22/2-3	Education
22/4	Land dwellings, subsistence, funeral, employees
22/5	Clothing, clerks
22/6	Mechanics
23/1-2	Health, medical
23/3	Livestock
23/4	Tribal herd
23/5	Mills and Shops
23/6	Mills and Shops, Range Riders, roads and bridges, timber allotment
	Series 39: Plaintiff Exhibits to ICC Reports concerning the Office of Indian Affairs requested by the Secretary of the Interior as well as the U.S. Senate. Includes audit reports by the U.S. General Accounting Office on Billings office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and an inspection report of Ft. Belknap.	1877-1955
Box/Folder
23/7-8	Plaintiff exhibits	1915; 1955; 1877
	Series 40: Briefs Legal briefs presented to the ICC.	1974-1977
Box
24	Plaintiff's Briefs
25	Defendant's Briefs
	Series 41: Miscellaneous reports Miscellaneous reports presented to the ICC under docket Number 250-A.	1975-1977
Box/Folder
26/1	Accounting reports of Ft. Belknap: Research on accounting procedures
26/2	Accounting reports of Ft. Belknap: Delivery of goods and supplies	1880-1920
26/3	Accounting reports of Ft. Belknap: Supplemental general accounting report
26/4	Historical reliability of plaintiffs requested finding of fact and brief findings I-1 to I-1s; finding F-1to F-296; Vol I-V and Vol L-A; findings 88-1 to 88-23
26/5	Anthropological considerations relating to Ft. Belknap Reservation
26/6	An appraisal of certain land dispositions and uses on the Ft. Belknap Indian reservation
26/7	A report on damages suffered by the Ft. Belknap Indian Community as a result of the United States Government's mismanagement of the Ft. Belknap forest
	Series 42: Appropriation reports	undated
Box/Folder
26/8	Volume I
27/1	Volume II
27/2	Volume III

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Indians of North America-Montana-Fort Belknap Indian Reservation

Geographical Names

Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- United States-Bureau of Indian Affairs (creator)
- United States-Indian Claims Commission (creator)
- United States-Office of Indian Affairs-Fort Belknap Agency (creator)

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