Bibliography of Reports from the Navajo Indian Agencies,

Excerpted from the Annual Reports of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Compiled by Angela Leingang.

 

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Year

Serial Set

House or Senate

Title

Place

Date

Author

Pg #

 

1853

 

House Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

No. 79, Office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs

 

Santa Fé, NM

August 31, 1853

E. A. Graves, Indian Agent

429-441

 

1854

 

746

Senate Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

No. 85, Report of the Commission of Indian Affairs

Southern Apache Agency, Dona Ana, NM

June 8, 1854

E. A. Graves, Indian Agent

385-392

 

1855

 

810

Senate Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

No. 94, Report of the Commission of Indian Affairs

Office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Santa Fé, NM

September, 1855

D. Merriwether, Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs

506-510

 

1856

 

House Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

No. 71, Office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs

 

Santa Fé, NM

September 30, 1856

D. Merriwether, Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs

731-735

 

1857

 

919

House Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

Nos. 119-128, Office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs

 

Santa Fé, NM

August 30, 1857

various

561-593

 

1858

 

997

Senate Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

No. 73, New Mexico Superintendency

 

Santa Fé, NM

September 27, 1858

J.L. Collins, Superintendent Indian Office

536-546

 

1859

 

1023

Senate Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

No. 171

Fort Defiance Indian Agency, NM

September, 1859

Alexander Baker, Agent, Navajo Indians

716-719

 

1860

 

1087

Senate Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

No. 72, Indian Superintendency

 

Santa Fé, NM

September 24, 1860

J.L. Collins, Superintendent Indian Affairs

381-386

 

1861

 

1117

Senate Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs

 

n/a

n/a

Wm. P. Dole, Commissioner

493-516

 

1862

 

1157

Senate Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

No. 53

 

Indian Agency, Anton Chico, NM

September 25, 1862

Lorenzo Labad, United States of Indian Agent, New Mexico

391-392

 

1863

 

1182

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Nos. 38-49, Dept. of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs

 

Various

January 13, 1863- June 26, 1863

William P. Dole, Commissioner (Et Al)

224-239

 

1864

 

1220

Senate Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, Nos. 75-90

 

Various

n/a

Levi J. Keithly, United States Indian Agent (Et Al)

344-360

 

1865

 

1248

Senate Executive Documents, Secretary of the Interior

New Mexico Superintendency

 

Office of Superintendency, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Santa Fé, NM

September 10, 1865

No Author Given

345-346

 

1866

 

1284

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Nos. 42-47

 

n/a

n/a

D.N. Cooley, Commissioner (Et Al)

142-151

 

1867

 

1326

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

No. 52

 

Navajo Agency, Fort Sumner, NM

June 30, 1867

Theo H. Dodd, United States Indian Agent for Navajos

198-203

 

1868

 

1366

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Nos. 31-37, New Mexico Superintendency

 

Office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Santa Fé, NM

September 15, 1868

Luther Mann, Jr., US Indian Agent (Et Al)

n/a

 

1869

 

1414

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Nos. 46-59, New Mexico Superintendency

 

n/a

n/a

J.M. Gallegos, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Territory of NM (Et Al)

676-699

 

1870

 

1449

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Nos. 42-44, New Mexico Superintendency

 

Office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Santa Fé, NM

September 14, 1870

William Clinton, Major USA, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for NM (Et Al)

608-618

 

1871

 

1505

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Nos. 35 & 36

 

Fort Defiance, Navajo Agency

August 29, 1871

Charity A.G. Menaul (Et Al)

791-796

 

1872

 

1560

House Executive Documents, Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs

n/a

 

New Mexico

n/a

n/a

440-441

 

1872

 

1560

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

No. 49

Office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Santa Fé, NM

October 10, 1872

Nathaniel Pope, Superintendent of Indian Affairs

679-681

 

1872

 

1560

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

No. 50

 

Navajo Indian Agency, Fort Defiance, NM

September 9, 1872

W.F. Hall, Agent for the Navajoes

686-687

 

1872

 

1560

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

No. 51

 

Navajo Indian Agency, Fort Defiance, NM

September 9, 1872

Thomas V. Keams, Special Agent for Navajoes

687-688

 

1873

 

1601

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Nos. 47 & 48

 

Navajo Agency

n/a

L. Edwin Dudley, Superintendent of Indain Affairs, (Et Al)

634-635, 638-642

 

1874

 

1639

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

New Mexico: Navajo Agency

 

n/a

n/a

W.D. Crothers (Et Al)

372, 611, 614-618

 

1875

 

1680

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Indian Affairs

 

n/a

n/a

W.D. Crothers (Et Al)

573-574, 832-834

 

1876

 

1749

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

n/a

 

Navajo Indian Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

October 1, 1876

Alex G. Irvine, United States Agent for Navajoes

513-514

 

1877

 

1800

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

n/a

 

Navajo Indian Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

September 1, 1877

Alex G. Irvine, United States Indian Agent

554-555

 

1878

 

1878

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of Indian Affairs

n/a

 

Navajo Indian Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

August 3, 1878

John C. Pyle, United States Indian Agent

603-605

 

1879

 

1910

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Office Navajo Indian Agency

 

Arizona Territory

August 15, 1879

Galen Eastman, United States Indian Agent

220-224

 

1880

 

1959

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

n/a

 

Navajo Indian Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

October 14, 1880

F.T. Bennett, Captain 9th Cavalry, Acting United States Indian Agent

253-255

 

1881

 

2018

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

n/a

 

Navajo Indian Agency, AZ

August 20, 1881

Galen Eastman, United States Indian Agent

195-197

 

1882

 

1882

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Navajo Reserve

 

Executive Mansion

October 29, 1878

R.B. Hayes

344

 

1883

 

2191

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

n/a

 

Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

August 14, 1883

D.M. Riordin, United States Indian Agent

177-181

 

1884

 

2287

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

n/a

 

Navajo Agency, NM

September 9, 1884

John H. Bowman, Indian Agent

180-182

 

1885

 

2379

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

n/a

 

Navajo Agency

August 31, 1885

John H. Bowman, Indian Agent

379-382

 

1886

 

2467

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

n/a

 

Navajo Agency, NM

September 1, 1886

n/a

420-422

 

1887

 

2542

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

n/a

 

Navajo Agency, NM

August 24, 1887

S.S. Patterson, US Indian Agent

259-260

 

1888

 

2637

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Navajo Agency

 

Navajo Agency, NM

September 1, 1888

S.S. Patterson, US Indian Agent

189-196

 

1889

 

2725

Senate Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Navajo Agency, United States Indian Service

 

Navajo Agency, NM

August 9, 1889

C.E. Vandever, United States Indian Agent

255-261

 

1890

 

2841

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Navajo Agency

 

Navajo Agency, NM

August 22, 1890

C.E. Vandever, United States Indian Agent

158-167

 

1891

 

2934

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Navajo Agency

 

Navajo Agency, NM

August 31, 1891

David Shipley, United States Indian Agent

309-310

 

1892

 

3088

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Navajo Agency

 

Navajo Agency, NM

August 25, 1892

David L. Shipley

208-211

 

1893

 

3210

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Navajo Agency

 

Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

August 22, 1893

E.H. Plummer, First Lieutenant, 10th Infantry, Acting Agent

109-111

 

1893

 

3210

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Moqui SAgency

 

Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

August 22, 1893

E.H. Plummer, First Lieutenant, 10th Infantry, Acting Agent

111-112

 

1893

 

3210

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Mssionary

 

Navajo Reservation, Whitehall

 

August 21, 1893

F.A. Riggin, Superintendent Navajo Indian, Mission Methodist Episcopal Church

112

  

1893

  

3210

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Missionary

  

Navajo Reservation, Jewett, NM

 

August 5, 1893

  

Mary L. Eldridge

 

113

 

1893

 

3210

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Field Matron

 

Navajo Reservation, Jewett, NM

August 4, 1893

 

Mary E. Whyte

113-114

 

1894

 

3306

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Indian Affairs, Report of Navajo and Moqui Agency

Fort Defiance, AZ

August 17, 1894

E.H. Plummer, First Lieutenant, 10th Infantry, Acting Indian Agent

99-101

 

1894

 

3306

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Superintendent of Navajo School

 

Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 27, 1894

 

C.A. Merritt, Superintendent

101-102

 

1894

 

3306

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Field Matron

 

Navajo Reservation

 

n/a

 

Mary Whyte

102-103

 

1894

 

3306

House Executive Documents, Report of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Missionary

 

Navajo Reservation

 

August 27, 1894

 

Mary L. Eldridge

103

 

1895

 

3382

House Executive Documents, Reports of Agents in Arizona

Report of Navajo Agency

 

Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 29, 1895

Constant Williams, Captain 7th Infantry, Acting Agent

118-119

 

1895

 

3382

House Executive Documents, Reports of Agents in Arizona

Report of Superintendent of Navajo School

 

Fort Defiance, AZ

 

July 5, 1895

Ella L. Patterson, Superintendent Navajo Boarding School

119

 

1895

 

3382

House Executive Documents, Reports of Agents in Arizona

Report of Field Matron

 

Jewett, NM

 

August 15, 1895

 

Mary L. Eldridge

120

 

1896

 

3489

House Executive Documents, Reports of Agents in Arizona

Report of Navajo Agency

 

Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 28, 1896

Constant Williams, Captain 7th Infantry, Acting Agent

112-113

 

1896

 

3489

House Executive Documents, Reports of Agents in Arizona

Report of Superintendent of Navajo School

 

Fort Defiance, AZ

 

July 4, 1896

E.T. McArthur, Superintendent Navajo School Board

113-114

 

1897

 

3641

House Executive Documents, Reports of Agents in Arizona

Report of Navajo Agency

 

Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 27, 1897

 

n/a

106-107

 

1898

 

3757

House Executive Documents, Reports of Agents in Arizona

Report of Navajo Agency

 

Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 27, 1898

Constant Williams, Major 7th Infantry, Acting Agent

123-124

 

1898

 

3757

House Executive Documents, Reports of Agents in Arizona

Report of Superintendent of Navajo School

 

Fort Defiance, AZ

 

June 30, 1898

 

Francis M. Neel, Superintendent

124-125

 

1899

 

3915

House Executive Documents, Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona

Report of Navajo Agent

 

Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 18, 1899

 

Francis M. Neel, Superintendent

156-160

 

1899

 

3916

House Executive Documents, Board of Indian Commissioners

Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners

 

Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, AZ

 

December 16, 199

 

G.W. Hayzlett, United States Indian Agent

 

 

1900-01

 

4102

House Executive Documents

32nd Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners

  

Schools for the Navajo, Washington D.C.

 

January 31, 1901

 

Darwin R. James, Chairman

635, 646

 

1900-01

 

4102

House Executive Documents

Impressions From a Summer’s Tour Among the Indians

 

n/a

 

n/a

S.M. Brosius, Agent, Indian Rights Association, The Navaho

723, 725-726

 

1902

 

4253

Senate Documents, Indian Affairs, Laws, and Treaties, 50th Congress, Sess I, CH 503, Part III

“Miscellaneous Supports, Payment to Settlers on Land Included in Navajo Reservation

 

n/a

 

n/a

n/a

285

 

1902

 

4253

Senate Documents, Indian Affairs, Laws, and Treaties, 50th Congress, Sess I, Ch 503, Part III

Executive Orders Establishing Reserves, New Mexico-Navajo Reserve

 

n/a

 

n/a

 

n/a

875-876

 

1902

 

4458

House Documents, Secretary of the Interior, Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona

Report of Agent for Navaho Agency

 

Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 16, 1902

 

G.W. Hayzlett, United States Indian Agent

155-157

 

1902

 

4458

House Documents, Secretary of the Interior, Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona

Report of Superintendent of Navaho School

 

Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 20, 1902

Oscar M. Waddell, Disciplinarian in Charge

157-158

 

1902

 

4458

House Documents, Secretary of the Interior, Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona

Report of School Superintendent in Charge of Western Navaho School

 

Algert, AZ

 

July 22, 1902

Milton J. Needham, Superintendent and Special Disbursing Agent

164-166

 

1903

 

4645

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Agent for Navaho Agency

Navaho Agency, NM, Fort Defiance, AZ

August 18, 1903

 

G.W. Hayzlett, US Indian Agenct

125-128

 

1903

 

4645

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Superintendent of Navaho School

 

Navaho Boarding School, Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 1, 1903

 

J.C. Levengood, Superintendent

128-129

 

1903

 

4645

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Superintendent of Little Water School

 

Little Water Boarding School, Tohatchi, NM

 

August 12, 1903

 

Emma De Vore, Superintendent

129

 

1903

 

4645

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Superintendent of St. Joseph’s School

 

St. Michael’s, AZ

 

August 8, 1903

Sister M. Evagelist, Per Sr. A

129

 

1903

 

4645

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Missionary

 

Navaho Reservation, Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 15, 1903

Herman Frijling, Missionary in Charge of the Christian Reformed Church

130

 

1903

 

4645

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Farmer in Charge of Navaho on Extension

 

Canyon Diablo, AZ

 

September 23rd, 1903

William R. Johnston, Additional Farmer and Special Disbursing Agent

130

 

1903

 

4645

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of School Superintendent in Charge of Western Navaho Reservation

 

Western Navaho School, Tuba, AZ

 

August 7, 1903

Milton J. Needham, Superintendent and Special Disbursing Agent

135-137

 

1904

 

4798

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of School Superintendent in Charge of Navaho Agency

 

Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 19, 1904

Reuben Perry, Superintendent

141-143

 

1904

 

4798

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Superintendent of Little Water School

 

Tohatchi, NM

 

August 10, 1904

Emma De Vore, Superintendent

143

 

1904

 

4798

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Superintendent of St. Michael’s Indian School

 

St. Michael’s, AZ

 

July 29, 1904

Sister M. Evangelist, Per Sr. A.

144

 

1904

 

4798

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior

Report of Farmer in Charge of Navaho Extension

 

Tolchaco, AZ

 

August 25, 1904

Fred Allen, Additional Farmer and Special Disbursing Agent

144-146

 

1904

 

4798

House Documents, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior, Executive Orders

Extension to Navaho Reservation, Arizona

 

White House

 

November 14, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt

530

 

1905

 

4959

House Documents, Annual Reports, Department of the Interior, Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona

Report of Superintendent in Charge of Navaho Agency

 

Fort Defiance, AZ

 

August 5, 1905

Reuben Perry, Superintendent

166-169

 

1905

 

4959

House Documents, Annual Reports, Department of the Interior, Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona

Report of Superintendent of Little Water School

 

Tohatchi, NM

 

July 19, 1905

Emma De Vore, Superintendent

169

 

1905

 

4959

House Documents, Annual Reports, Department of the Interior, Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona

Report of Famer in Charge of Navaho Extension

 

Canon Diablo, AZ

 

August 28, 1905

Joseph E. Maxwell, Additional Farmer and Special Disbursing Agent

169-171

 

1905

 

4959

House Documents, Annual Reports, Department of the Interior, Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona

Report of Superintendent in Charge of Western Navaho

 

Tuba, AZ

 

July 25, 1905

Matthew M. Murphy, Superintendent and Special Disbursing Agent

179-180

 

1905

 

4959

House Documents, Annual Reports, Department of the Interior, Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona

Report of Superintendency in Charge of Navaho on San Juan

 

Shiprock, NM

 

August 12, 1905

Wm. T. Shelton, Superintendent and Special Disbursing Agent

267-269

 

1905

 

4959

House Documents, Annual Reports, Department of the Interior, Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona

Report of Supervisor of Ditches

 

San Juan River, Crystal, NM

 

June 30, 1905

Samuel E. Shoemaker, Supervisor of Constructed Ditches, and Special Disbursing Agent

269