Window Rock Area Office (Arizona)
United States 
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Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
History
The Window Rock Area Office was established in 1949[1].
Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:
- Allotment records
- Annuity rolls
- Census records
- Correspondence
- Health records
- Reports
- School census and records
- Vital records
Some records for the Window Rock Area Office and its predecessors, 1915-1954, are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Laguna Niguel, California[2]. Included among these records are some birth and death certificates and census rolls, in addition to the administrative and financial records of the office.
Other records for The Window Rock Area Office, 1952-1961, are in the National Archives at Denver[3].
References
- ↑ Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981, p. 170.
- ↑ Guide to Archival Holdings, Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Laguna Niguel, Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Available online.
- ↑ Guide to Archival Holdings, Rocky Mountain Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Denver, Record Group #75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Available online.
- American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
- Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
- Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
- Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
- Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online
