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United States--Bureau of Indian Affairs--Klamath Agency--Records and correspondence

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Jim Compton Modoc War Papers

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Identifier: SHL-2018-151

Letter to Mr. Malcolm Epley, Herald and News, Klamath Falls, Oregon

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Identifier: SHL080
Abstract The Klamath Tribes are a merger of the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin tribes created by the Treaty of 1864. They were placed on a reservation in the Klamath Basin, where they became one of the wealthiest tribal groups due largely to the timber industry. Raymond H. Bitney joined the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1926 as forest assistant at the Klamath Agency. The Constitution of the Klamath Tribes was established to recognize the authority of the Tribal Committees formed by the General Council...
Dates: 1949

Office Memorandum on Annual Indian Population

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Identifier: SHL083
Abstract

The Klamath Indian Reservation became the home of the Klamath Tribes, a merger of the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin tribes created by the Treaty of 1864. The Klamath Agency was an Indian Agency established for the Klamath Indian Reservation in 1866. Collection contains memorandum sent from T.W. Sanders, Chief Clerk, United States Government, to Hale Scarbrough, Klamath Agency, Oregon, March 10, 1952.

Dates: 1952

Petition to E.J. Diehl, Superintendent, Klamath Agency, Oregon

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Identifier: SHL081
Abstract

The Klamath Indian Reservation became the home of the Klamath Tribes, a merger of the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin tribes created by the Treaty of 1864. Collection contains petition written by the enrolled members of the Klamath Indian Reservation. It refers to the proposed changes in the Constitution for the Klamath Tribes.

Dates: 1951

Charles E. Worden Collection

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Identifier: SHL-2016-033
Abstract Charles E. Worden was born in Medina County, Ohio in 1849 and died in Portland, Oregon in 1923. Major Worden served as the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Allotting and Special Agent of the Klamath Reservation at Klamath Agency, Oregon. The collection includes a Klamath Indian Allotment Census for the Klamath Tribes and a register of persons living in Yainax Agency area. It includes working papers, notebooks, reports, and an abstract of title for several lots in Linkville established 1867, later...
Dates: 1859-1990; Majority of material found within 1894-1896