Indian agent
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For the similar role in Canada, see Indian Agent (Canada).
In United States history, an Indian agent was an individual authorized to interact with Native American tribes on behalf of the U.S. government.
[edit] Indian agents
Notable individuals who served as Indian agents include the following:
- Leander Clark, agent for the Sac and Fox in Iowa beginning in 1866
- John Clum, Indian agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in the Arizona Territory
- Benjamin Hawkins, agent to the Creek people and other southern Indians under President George Washington
- Luther Kelly (Yellowstone Kelly), Indian Agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation; Arizona Territory under President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904-1909
- Valentine McGillycuddy, Indian agent of Red Cloud Agency
- James McLaughlin active 1876–1923, Devils Lake Agency (1876–1881), Standing Rock Sioux Agency (1881– )
- Return J. Meigs, Sr., agent to the Cherokee in Tennessee from 1801 to 1823
- Henry Schoolcraft, agent to the Ojibwe in Michigan in the 1820s and 1830s
- O. M. Wozencraft, Indian Agent in California, 1850-1852
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