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History Hub » Native American Records
2M ago
In 1902, on the Crow Reservation in south central Montana, the former U.S. Army Scout Curley, who was one of the few eyewitnesses to “Custer’s Last Stand,” was 51 years old, living with his 53 year old wife Takes a Shield, whom he...(read more ..read more
History Hub » Native American Records
6M ago
By Rose Buchanan, Archivist and Subject Matter Expert for Native American Related Records The Guion Miller Roll and related applications are useful sources for tracing Eastern Cherokee ancestry. But what does it mean when your ancestor’s Guion ...(read more ..read more
History Hub » Native American Records
6M ago
By Rose Buchanan, Archivist and Subject Matter Expert for Native American Related Records What are BIA probate case files? Since 1910, the BIA has been involved in probating Native American estates in which the deceased person had federal trust asset...(read more ..read more
History Hub » Native American Records
6M ago
For over 70 years a mainstay form found in non-reservation student case files is an application, typically the 5-192 in its many iterations but on occasion another specialized form. Today’s blog will dive into these and explore what informatio...(read more ..read more
History Hub » Native American Records
6M ago
From the opening of the first non-reservation boarding school in 1879 (one of the several types of schools described in this previous blog entry) through at least 1907, the Office of Indian Affairs (OIA) expected agents and superintendents to collect...(read more ..read more
History Hub » Native American Records
6M ago
By Rose Buchanan, Archivist and Subject Matter Expert for Native American Related Records As the National Archives continues to digitize our microfilm collection, more records related to Native Americans are becoming available online in the National...(read more ..read more
History Hub » Native American Records
6M ago
By Rose Buchanan, Archivist and Subject Matter Expert for Native American Related Records As the National Archives continues to digitize our microfilm collection, more records related to Native Americans are becoming available online in the National...(read more ..read more
History Hub » Native American Records
6M ago
(Authors note: the following post discusses, in part, death related records of individuals along with examples.)Nearly 99 years ago, on October 10, 1922, Hairy Moccasin, a farmer on the Crow Reservation and one the then last living Custer scouts, pas...(read more ..read more
History Hub » Native American Records
6M ago
When Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools are discussed, often the infamous off-reservation boarding schools, such as the Carlisle Institute, are typically the first to come to mind. However, the BIA ran several different types of schools, so hopef...(read more ..read more
History Hub » Native American Records
6M ago
The National Archives continues to digitize and make available online previously microfilmed collections. One of the most recent collections to go live, the Office of Indian Affairs Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, is a rich...(read more ..read more