List of Indian agencies in Nebraska
Several Indian agencies were established in the nineteenth century in the U.S. State of Nebraska and operated by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs to serve Native American tribes.
Red Cloud Agency
The United States established
Spotted Tail Agency
When the agency was established in 1873, the
Missouri River Indian Agency
Located at
Its agents were John Dougherty, serving from April 13, 1837-1839; Joseph V. Hamilton, serving from June 27, 1839-1841; Daniel Miller, from October 22, 1841; Jonathan Bean, from July 25, 1845-1846; John Miller from July 22, 1846-1849; John E. Barrow, a subagent, from April 13, 1849-1851; John E. Barrow from June 30, 1851-1853; James M. Gatewood from April 18, 1853-1854; and George Hepner May 19, 1854.
James Gatewood worked with a council of 60 Omaha chiefs in early 1854 to draft a treaty for their cession of most of their land in the area. The national office of the BIA did not like his version and forced many changes when a smaller Omaha delegation of seven chiefs, chosen by their people, and an interpreter, went to Washington DC for signing of the treaty in 1854.[4][5] The BIA replaced Gatewood as agent.[4]
Otoe Agency
Founded in 1856, in the Blue River Valley in southern Nebraska, this agency was responsible for the Oto, Missouria, and Pawnee of the region.[6] In 1859, the Pawnee received their own agent.
The Otoe and Missouria moved to the Kansas-Nebraska border. In 1881, the Otoe Agency moved to Red Rock in Indian Territory, when the US removed the Otoe-Missouria to that area for settlement on a reservation. Its agents included Jesse W. Griest, serving from April 1, 1873; Robert S. Gardner from June 16, 1880; and Lewellyn E. Woodin from July 21, 1880.
Santee Agency
Moved from
Winnebago and Omaha Agency/Agencies
This consolidated agency operated at varying points with varying responsibilities from 1876 to 1933. Located in Macy and Winnebago, the Winnebago agency originally moved to the state in 1865.[7] The Omaha agency had been located there since 1854.
Pawnee Agency
Located at Genoa, this agency was located on the Pawnee Reservation and included the Genoa Indian Industrial School. The Pawnee Agency was established in 1859 for the Pawnee. They had previously been assigned to the Otoe Agency since 1856, and to Council Bluffs Agency prior to that. It was located at Genoa, Nebraska until 1875, when it was moved to the new Pawnee Reservation in Oklahoma Territory after the US accomplished Pawnee removal from Nebraska.
Ponca Agency
This agency served the Ponca from 1859 to 1877 at the Ponca Reservation. It moved with the majority of Ponca to the Oklahoma Territory in 1877, who were removed despite their wish to stay in Nebraska and have land assigned with the Omaha, to whom they were closely related and intermarried.
Great Nemaha Agency
"The Great Nemaha Agency became a full agency in 1851, and the Kickapoo formerly assigned to the Fort Leavenworth Agency were moved to Great Nemaha. A separate Kickapoo Agency was established in 1855 for the Kickapoo Indians and some Pottawatomi who lived with the Kickapoo.
Between 1854 and 1861, the
See also
References
- ^ The Journal of American Indian Family Research. Vol. I, No. 4. Larry S. Watson, Editor. p 13-16.
- Nebraska State Historical Society.
- ^ The Journal of American Indian Family Research. Vol. I, No. 4. Larry S. Watson, Editor. p 13-16.
- ^ a b Judith A. Boughter, Betraying the Omaha Nation, 1790-1916, University of Oklahoma Press, 1998, pp. 61-63
- ^ Melvin Randolph Gilmore, "The True Logan Fontenelle", Publications of the Nebraska State Historical Society, Vol. 19, edited by Albert Watkins, Nebraska State Historical Society, 1919, p. 64, at GenNet, accessed 25 August 2011
- ^ The Journal of American Indian Family Research. Vol. I, No. 4. Larry S. Watson, Editor. p 13-16.
- ^ The Journal of American Indian Family Research. Vol. I, No. 4. Larry S. Watson, Editor. p 13-16.
- ^ "Great Nemaha Indian Agency (Kansas)", Indian Agencies, Family Search, accessed 6 December 2011
External links
- Historical map illustrating land ceded through treaties.
- Native American tribes in Nebraska, Native Languages
- List of Indian agencies assigned to the several religious denominations, University of Wisconsin Library