Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

The following are the locations of Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. While they have many records, most of them are administrative in nature and do not contain details about individual Indians. Hence, they are not the most valuable records for tracing American Indian ancestry.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Aberdeen Area Office) 115 Fourth Ave. SE Aberdeen, SD 57401 Telephone: 605-226-7343 Fax: 605-226-7446 Internet: http://www.doi.gov/diversity/eeo_counsel/counselor_bia.htm

Created in 1949, this Area Office covers the following agencies: Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Fort Berthold, Fort Totten, Lower Brule, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Sisseton, Standing Rock (North Dakota), Turtle Mountain, Winnebago, Yankton. Some of their records are at the National Archives Central Plains Region in Kansas City.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Albuquerque Area Office) P.O. Box 26567Albuquerque, NM 87125-6567 Telephone: 505-766-3754 Fax: 505-766-1964

Covers the following agencies: Jicarilla, Laguna, Mescalero, Northern Pueblos, Ramah Navajo, Southern Pueblos, Southern Ute, Ute Mountain, and Zuni.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Anadarko Area Office) W.C.D. Office Complex P.O. 368  Anadarko, OK 73005-0368 Telephone: 405-247-6673 Fax: 405-247-2242

Established in 1948, it was essentially a coninuation of the Kiowa Agency. It now covers the following agencies: Anadarko, Concho, Horton, Pawnee, and Shawnee.Some of their records are at the National Archives Southwest Region in Fort Worth.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Billings Area Office) 316 N. 26th Street Billings, MT 59101-1362 Telephone: 406-657-6315 Fax: 406-657-6559

Established in 1946, it has jurisdiction over the following agencies: Blackfoot, Crow, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, Northern Cheyenne, Rocky Boy’s, and Wind River.Some of their records are at the National Archives Pacific Alaska Region in Seattle.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Eastern Area Office) 3701 N. Fairfax Drive Mailstop VASQ 260 Arlington, VA 22203 Telephone: 703-235-3006 Fax: 703-235-8610

Covers the following agencies: Cherokee, Choctaw, New York, and Seminole.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Juneau Area Office) P.O. Box 25520 Juneau, AK 99802 Telephone: 907-586-7177 Fax: 907-586-7169

This area office inherited records from the Office of Education (Alaska Division) and earlier units of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It covers the following agencies: Anchorage, Bethel, Fairbanks, and Nome. Some of their records are at theNational Archives Pacific Alaska Region in Seattle.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Minneapolis Area Office) 331 South Second Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55401-2241 Telephone: 612-373-1000 Fax: 612-373-1186

Covers the following agencies: Great Lakes, Michigan, Minnesota, Red Lake, and Sac and Fox Field Office.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Muskogee Area Office) 101 N. 5th St. Muskogee, OK 74401 Telephone: 918-687-2296 Fax: 918-687-2571

Covers the following agencies: Chickasaw, Okmulgee, Osage, Miami, Talihina, and Wewoka.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Navajo Area Office) P.O. Box 1060 Gallup, NM 87305 Telephone: 505-863-8314 Fax: 505-863-8324

Covers the following agencies: Chinle, Eastern Navajo, Fort Defiance, Shiprock, and Western Navajo.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Portland Area Office) The Federal Building 911 NE 11th Avenue Portland, OR 97232-4169 Telephone: 503-231-6702 Fax: 503-231-2201

Covers the following agencies: Colville, Chiloquin Sub-Agency, Flathead, Fort Hall, Northern Idaho, Makah, Metlakatla Field Station, Olympic Peninsula, Plummer Field Office, Puget Sound, Siletz, Spokane, Umatilla, Warms Springs and Yakima.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Phoenix Area Office) P.O. Box 10 Phoenix, AZ 85001 Telephone: 602-379-6600 Fax: 602-379-4413

Covers the following agencies: Colorado River, Eastern Nevada, Fort Apache, Fort Yuma, Hopi, Papago, Pima, Salt River, San Carlos, Southern Paiute Field Station, Truxton Canon, Unitah &amp; Ouray, and Western Nevada.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Sacramento Area Office) 2800 Cottage Way Sacramento, CA 95825-1846 Telephone: 916-978-4691 Fax: 916-978-4695

Covers the following agencies: Central California, Northern California, Palm Springs Field Agency and Southern California.

References

Hill, Edward E., comp. Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.