Quapaw Agency Survey, 1926 - Amanda White | Wyandot Heritage Digital Archive

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Summary:

An Industrial Survey conducted on the Quapaw Agency in 1926.

Wyandot:

Amanda White

Description:

In 1922, the Office of Indian Affairs (now BIA) issued Circular 1774 requiring all Indian agents to survey the agricultural industries of families living within agency jurisdictions. The records provide a snapshot of everyday life in Indian Country, including glimpses into agriculture and ranching, education, family life, kinship, religious practices, and resistance. The Indian Agent / Superintendent of Quapaw Agency, J.L. Suffecool, conducted this survey of Amanda White's home in 1926.

Location Description:

Wyandotte, OK

Collections:

Quapaw Agency Industrial Survey, 1926

Category:

Sovereignty, Lifeways, Education, Foodways

Subject:

Architecture, Indian Territory & Oklahoma, Land, Economy, Infrastructure

Other Nations:

Seneca-Cayuga

Original Date:

1926

Source:

National Archives & Records Administration

Identifier:

RG 75, Box 32, Records of the Education Division

Community:

University of Cincinnati

Contributor:

Rachel French, Reese Whitely, Rebecca S. Wingo

Keywords:

housing, water supply, finances, mining, Timber, gardens, livestock

Transcription

Description of house: 2-room native lumber. No barn, and no outbuildings. They get their water supply from a well. They have no debts or mortgages. She does not expect to farm much, as her oldest boy works in the mines, and the men work in the timber. Amanda White is a Wyandotte Seneca allottee. She has not received the benefits of school but as far as her abilities go she is an intelligent and industrious woman. She has always had a good garden which provides much for their winter supplies. She has some stock. Her children are kept in school.

Quapaw Agency Survey, 1926 - Amanda White

Preliminary Quapaw Agency Survey, ca. 1924 - Amanda White