Correspondence with Other Schools and Agencies, 1892–1931

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Correspondence with Other Schools and Agencies, 1892–1931

1892-–1931

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This series consists of correspondence with other schools and agencies. The records include letters received and copies of letters sent; telegrams; lists; postcards; applications to enroll at off-reservation boarding schools; financial records; and a packet of alfalfa seeds. The correspondents include officials at Blackfeet Agency; Carlisle Indian School; Chamberlain Indian School; Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency; Chilocco Indian School; Colville Agency; Crow Indian Agency; Crow Creek Agency; Cushman Indian School; Flandreau School and Agency; Flathead Indian Agency; Fort Berthold Agency; Fort Peck Indian Agency; Fort Totten Agency; Fort Totten Indian School; Genoa Indian Industrial School; Haskell Institute; Hayward Indian School; Jicarilla Agency; Kickapoo Agency; Lower Brule Agency; Phoenix Indian School; Pierre Indian School; Pine Ridge Agency; Pipestone Indian School; Rapid City Indian School; Rosebud Agency; Round Valley Agency; Sac and Fox Agency and Sanatorium; Salem Indian School; Santa Fe Indian School; Shoshone Agency; Sisseton Agency; Standing Rock Agency; Tongue River Indian Agency; Turtle Mountain Agency; Wahpeton Indian School; and Yankton Agency. Topics covered in the records include individual Indian account checks and payments; inheritance and estates; claims; equipment and supplies; Indian students; authorizations to expend funds; travel; Indian land allotments and patents; and other business pertaining to individual Indians and families.

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