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Call Number:

E93 .U9548x 1832a

Records of the Southern Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1832-70   

National Archives (M640, 22 reels)

Format:

MICROFILM

Subject Category:

Ethnic Studies, History US, History US West, Native Americans

Collection Dates:

01/01/1832 - 12/31/1870

Location:

UNLV Microforms

Summary:

This 22 reel collection includes records of the Western Superintendency, 1834-51, and a few earlier records of the Choctaw Agency. Also includes correspondence and, in some cases, other records of additional superintendencies, agencies, and agents of the period, e.g.: Wichita Agency, Cherokee Agency, Special Agent for the Cherokee Nation Richard Fields, Confederate Arkansas Superintendency, Confederation Wichita Agency, etc. It is a source of information about Arkansas and Okalahoma Indians and documents US Government policy and relations. The time period covered by these records includes The Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny, The Civil War and the Reconstruction.




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