Eastern Navajo Indian Agency (New Mexico)

The Eastern Navajo Agency is a currently operating agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, located in Crownpoint, New Mexico. Its supervising office is the Navajo Area Office.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Navajo

History
From Pueblo Bonito, 1 January 1927. Transferred to Navajo, 1 July 1935.

Records
A few records of the Eastern Navajo Agency are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Los Angeles, including some school files, 1912-1916, and other administrative records, 1909-1944. A few employee assistance case files, 1952-1961 are in the Rocky Mountain Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Denver.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Eastern Navajo, 1927-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 33-34, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their microfilm numbers 1724251-1724252.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1929-1935. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 98 thru 103. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their microfilm numbers 575790 thru 575795). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.