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Nathan Meeker, Indian agent for the White River Utes for a brief time, 1878–1879, until killed in the Meeker Massacre; Return J. Meigs Sr., agent to the Cherokee in Tennessee from 1801 to 1823 [15] John DeBras Miles, Indian agent for the Kickapoo Agency, 1868–1871. Indian agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho, 1878–1884.
Individuals authorized to interact with the natives of North America by the British government, the British Indian Department, or the provincial governments of British America. For their successors after the American Revolution, see Category:United States Indian agents and Indian Agent (Canada).
Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog. ... GEORG OLDEN (54A: Graphic designer who was the first African American to design a postage stamp) GEORG OLDEN (1920-1975) worked as a ...
Oregon Superintendents for Indian Affairs (5 P) Pages in category "United States Indian agents" The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total.
Manuel Lisa, also known as Manuel de Lisa (September 8, 1772, in New Orleans Louisiana (New Spain) – August 12, 1820, in St. Louis, Missouri), was a Spanish citizen and later American citizen who, while living on the western frontier, became a landowner, merchant, fur trader, United States Indian agent, and explorer.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), [2] is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and administering and managing over 55,700,000 acres (225,000 km 2) of reservations held in trust by the U.S. federal government for ...
Johnston remained at Fort Wayne through a period of growing resentment between the American Indians and the United States, [4] and filed a report summarizing Indian accounts of the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. [5] That same year, an Indian agency was established at Piqua, Ohio, and Johnston asked
Antagonism existed between Indian agents and the Office of Indian Trade, while the agents were in tender harmony with the fur traders they licensed. The newly appointed Indian Agent John Biddle affirmed "the uselessness" of the factory system. [27] Superintendent McKenney argued for the factory system while admitting some of the claims made by ...