Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Bennett County between 1913 and 1974. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public Lands many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but there are a number of reports that include student rankings and as such are restricted and census reports from later years may contain student health information. Census reports for all districts are arranged chronologically and the...

Scope and Contents Consists of photocopies of eleven research bulletins and Hecel Lena Oyate Kin Nipi Kte: That These People May Live, an analysis of information contained in the research bulletins. These materials were collected by the Community Mental Health Program staff of Pine Ridge Hospital. A reservation-wide census-survey called the Baseline Data Study was initiated in the fall of 1967 and completed in the winter of 1968. This study sought to provide the basic demographic...

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This series includes two project manuals containing specifications for general work, mechanical work, and electrical work for a new jail and/or correctional facility. Also included are two folders containing copies of bid contracts and addendums.

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This series consists of one atlas of highway maps produced by the Bureau of Indian Affairs covering Indian reservations in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. Although the atlas was compiled in 1974, individual maps were created as early as 1972.

Scope and Contents This series contains eleven maps as follows:8 - 36” x 22” perimeter road (Highway 1806) location maps compiled by Nance Engineering for the Department of Highways in June 1964.1 - 18” x 25” Trans-Mississippi Territory Map covering the American fur trade as conducted from St. Louis between 1807 and 1843. Shows the location of Indian tribes, trading posts, routes of travel, and other features of interest. 2 - 27” x 18” Maps of Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian...

Scope and Contents This series contains records pertaining to lands zoned for charity or educational buildings including those on reservation land. The series consists of records in different formats including bound volumes of Surveyed School Lands Descriptions for the Rapid City Land District, foldered notes on Indian Allotments and Indemnity Land selections and lists of plots. Also found in this series is a price book for telephone equipment and installations. See box arrangement for more information and...

Scope and Contents This series contains 52 rolls of the microfilm publication "Letters Sent to the Office of Indian Affairs by the Pine Ridge Agency, 1875-1914" (M1282). The publication consists of correspondence and reports sent to the Office of Indian Affairs by the official in charge of the Pine Ridge Indian Agency from August 11, 1875 through June 30, 1914. Most of the letters and reports were copied into 51 letterpress copybooks; however, some loose documents were interfiled in some volumes. The loose...

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These films are preview prints which were sent to the Human Rights Director for the Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs in 1976 by the McGraw-Hill Book Company. They were intended for use in high school and college classrooms. Each film has a corresponding guide which includes a summary of the film, as well as discussion topics and suggested projects.

Scope and Contents This series contains 19 black and white photos of the Pine Ridge Housing EDA Project on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The photos were taken in 2000 to document structures scheduled to be demolished or relocated. Old Pine Ridge Agency building (3 photos) Head Start building (Allen, SD) Head Start building "A" (Allen, SD) Deserted building "A" (Allen,...

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence received by the Pine Ridge Agency, which from 1871 to 1890 is arranged chronologically by date of letter. From 1891 to 1907, letters are grouped into six general subject headings (accounts, education, claims and finance, land, miscellany, and requisitions) and thereunder arranged chronologically. The great majority of the correspondence originates with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, but a few letters are from Office of Indian Affairs warehouses in New...

Scope and Contents This series contains field notes of land surveys conducted on four separate occasions: 1875, 1879-1881, 1890-1894, and 1901-1905. They are mostly in manuscript until 1900 and mostly typescript thereafter. The surveys were taken to establish the reservation boundaries and township boundaries within the reservation. They were conducted under the supervision of the General Land Office.The notes include the locations of boundary markers set by the surveyors. Most surveys also include...

Scope and Contents This series and General Correspondence (by Subject) constitute the Pine Ridge Agency’s main correspondence file between 1907 and the adoption of the decimal correspondence filing in 1926. This series is arranged alphabetically according to subject heading or correspondent. MF 6763 - "A" Misc. MF 6764 - “A” Misc. - “B” Misc. MF 6765 - “B” Misc. - Bellendier ...

Scope and Contents This series and General Correspondence (Alphabetical) constitute the Pine Ridge Agency's main correspondence files between 1907 and the adoption of decimal correspondence filing in 1926. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject heading. Within each subject, letters are arranged chronologically. Some folders have a table of contents. Beginning in 1926, the agency switched to decimal correspondence files. ...

Scope and Contents This series contains selected Bureau of Indian Affairs Criminal Case Files from 1905 to 1926. These files contain correspondence relating to agency law enforcement investigations on the reservation. Correspondents include the agency superintendent, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and other BIA officials, the U.S. Attorney and Assistant Attorney for South Dakota, U.S. Marshalls, the Secretary of the Interior, reservation stock detectives, alleged lawbreakers, witnesses, and others. Files...

Scope and Contents This series consists of 67 microfilm rolls containing the Pine Ridge's Agency's Main Decimal File, which was the agency's main correspondence and record holding file from 1925 to 1960. It succeeded the "General Correspondence (by Subject)" files. As early as 1921, the superintendent's office was utilizing a decimal filing scheme for some of its records. With the adoption of the field office decimal code provided by the Office of Indian Affairs in 1925, most of the superintendent's office...

Scope and Contents This series consists of 30 microfilm rolls containing correspondence received by the Pine Ridge agent from 1871 to 1907. The letters, mostly manuscript until ca. 1890 and a mixture of manuscript and typescript after, were addressed to the agent from such persons as military officers, commercial suppliers, the Office of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Dakota (at Yukon), other Indian agencies, the U.S. Marshall, other government officials, agency employees (including education...

Scope and Contents This series contains 76 rolls of the National Archives microfilm publication "Miscellaneous Letters Sent by Agents or Superintendents at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency, 1876-1914" (M1229). This publication reproduces letters sent by the official in charge of the Pine Ridge Indian Agency from August 25, 1876 through June 30, 1914. The official had the title of “agent” until December 1908, when it was changed to “superintendent.”The miscellaneous letters sent (including a few...

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This series contains twelve microfilm rolls reproducing select record series from the National Archives facility in Kansas City, Missouri relating to the administration of the Pine Ridge Agency. Records include monthly reports and correspondence with district farmers and field agents; council proceedings, accounts, and petitions; and allotment reports, record cards, ledgers, and correspondence.

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Records in this series include applications for appointment, lists of recommended positions and salaries, personnel records and questionnaires, employee efficiency reports, land allotment records, telegrams, hearing reports, correspondence, circulars, and money ledger cards.

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This collection contains charts, maps and correspondence concerning highway development and maintenance on Agency and Reservation lands in South Dakota. Covers the years 1956-1986.

This collection contains charts, maps and correspondence concerning highway development and maintenance on Agency and Reservation lands in South Dakota. Covers the years 1956-1986.