Correspondence and Related Records Concerning Law Enforcement, 1905-1926 1910-1925 [microform].

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Correspondence and Related Records Concerning Law Enforcement, 1905-1926 1910-1925 [microform].

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Consists of correspondence relating to agency investigations of lawbreaking on the reservation. Correspondents include the superintendent, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and other Office of Indian Affairs officials, the US Attorney and Assistant Attorney for South Dakota, US Marshalls, the Secretary of the Interior, reservation stock detectives, alleged lawbreakers, witnesses and others. Among the subjects dealt with are criminal and non-criminal matters, including land leases, land improvements, the liquor traffic, tax payments, the use of peyote, theft, trespass, assault, forgery, threats exchanged between Indians and between Indians and non-Indians, larceny, rape, murder, suicide, automobile accidents, delinquent students and escaped and wanted criminals. See Series 73 (Criminal Case Files) for law enforcement files covering the years after 1926.

8 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

South Dakota State Archives

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