Established: In the Department of the Interior, effective September 17, , through an exchange of memorandums between the Chief, Budget and Operations Division, Office of Indian Affairs, and the Chief, Division of Budget and Administrative Management, Office of the Secretary of the Interior, September 10 and 17, , as part of a plan to standardize departmental nomenclature.
Functions: Develops and implements, in cooperation with tribal governments, Native American organizations, other federal agencies, state and local governments, and other interested groups, economic, social, educational, and other programs for the benefit and advancement of Indian and Alaska native peoples. Finding Aids: Edward E. Hill, comp. History: Responsibility for administration of federal policy toward Indians initially vested in the War Department, under the immediate Office of the Secretary of War by an act of August 20, 1 Stat.
Calhoun, March 11, , headed by the former Supervisor of Indian Trade. Office of Indian Affairs transferred to the Department of the Interior, SEE Textual Records: Letters sent, Letters sent by the Revenue Office, Department of the Treasury, relating to the treasury business of the War Department, Letters received, History: Government-operated posts for trade with the Indians, known as factories, began operation, , under the immediate supervision of the Secretary of War.
Office of Indian Trade abolished and closing of factories authorized by an act of May 6, 3 Stat. Textual Records: Letters sent, , and received, Invoice and letter book, , Daybooks, Journals, Ledgers, Indent books, Invoices inward, Invoices outward, Miscellaneous records relating to accounts, Operated at bureau level within the Department of the Interior, but not formally so denominated within the Department of the Interior until Textual Records: Letters sent, , with registers "Abstracts" , , and indexes, Letters received, , with registers, , and indexes, Report books, Special files, ca.
Special cases, Treaties ratified, , and unratified, Printed copies of treaties and executive agreements, Journals of commissions, Executive order file, Authorities, , with registers and indexes. Indexes to and registers of claims and contracts, Miscellaneous records, Copies of records, ca. Central subject files, 10, lin. Subject files new file scheme , Miscellaneous subject files, Alphabetical indexes to the central subject files, Chronological file of letters sent, Special series A, ca.
