U.S. Office of Indian Affairs records, Malheur Agency, 1874-1880.

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U.S. Office of Indian Affairs records, Malheur Agency, 1874-1880.

Collection consists of government correspondence and other records dating from 1874-1880 related to the Malheur Indian Agency in Canyon City, Oregon. The files relate to the struggle between the Interior Department and the Army for control of Indian affairs. Correspondents include Indian agents and government officials in Washington D.C., including the Secretary of the Interior. Records include supply lists, food supply lists, funding lists, and an 1872 map regarding the land in the Indian agency's jurisdiction. All of the materials are copies of the original items of the Department of the Interior. The papers were selected by Robert C. Clark, Department of History, University of Oregon.

0.5 linear ft. (1 container)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7665590

University of Oregon Libraries

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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United States. Army

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Malheur Agency.

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs negotiated treaties with Native Americans throughout the United States, resulting in the creation of reservations around the country. In Oregon the reservations included Siletz, Grand Ronde, Warm Springs, Umatilla, Klamath, and Malheur. Beginning in the 1850s, government officials promoted an agrarian based society on the reservations, regardless of traditional subsistence practices of the people or the quality of the land. Employed by the federal government, Indian ...