ORU_Bx053.xml Guide to the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs Records, Malheur Agency 1874-1880 U.S. Office of Indian Affairs, Malheur Agency Records Finding aid prepared by Vida Germano Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2004
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U.S. Office of Indian Affairs records, Malheur Agency United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Malheur Agency Bx 053 0.5 linear feet 1 container 1874-1880 The federal government created Indian reservations across the country in the 1800s. In Oregon the reservations included Siletz, Grand Ronde, Warm Springs, Umatilla, Klamath, and Malheur. Agriculture, schooling, finances, and other aspects of life on reservations were regulated by Indian agents employed by the federal government. The U.S. Office of Indian Affairs Records, Malheur Agency, consist of correspondence and records from 1874 to 1880 regarding conflicts between the Interior Department and the Army over control of Indian affairs. English .

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs negotiated treaties with Native Americans throughout the United States, resulting in the creation of reservations around the country. In Oregon the reservations included Siletz, Grand Ronde, Warm Springs, Umatilla, Klamath, and Malheur. Beginning in the 1850s, government officials promoted an agrarian based society on the reservations, regardless of tradition subsistence practices of the people or the quality of the land. Employed by the federal government, Indian agents managed the reservations. Agriculture, schooling, finances, and other aspects of life on reservations were regulated by Indian agents.

Source: No author. "Oregon History: Uncle Sam's Handiwork." Oregon Blue Book. Electronic version: http://bluebook.state.or.us/cultural/history/history17.htm

Jackson, Curtis E. and Marcia J. Galli. A History of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its Activities Among Indians. San Francisco : R & E Research Associates, 1977.

The collection consists of government correspondence and other records dating from 1874-1880 related to the Malheur Indian Agency in Canyon City, Oregon. The files relate to the struggle between the Interior Department and the Army for control of Indian affairs. Correspondents include Indian agents and government officials in Washington D. C., including the Secretary of the Interior. Records include supply lists, food supply lists, funding lists, and one 1872 map regarding the land in the Indian agency's jurisdiction.

All of the materials are photostat copies of the original items of the Department of the Interior.

The records were selected by Robert C. Clark, Department of History, University of Oregon.

 Guide to the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs Records, Malheur Agency

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