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Indian agency
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
the government agency responsible for the well-being of Indians in a given area, especially those on a reserve; also, the area of jurisdiction of this agency.
See: agency(def. 1)
Quotations
1921
The Indian agency of the government was represented by Mr. H. A. Conroy, who will make treaty with the different Indian tribes along the Mackenzie.
1963
Norman E. Whitehead, officer in charge of the Okanagan Indian Agency, said arrangements . . . had already been made between the band and a Vernon bank and auditor.
2
the actual compound, buildings, etc. where the Indian superintendent, or Indian agent, makes his headquarters.
Quotations
1885
Chief Poundmaker and his Indians raided the settlement and burned the Indian Agency.
1958
[There is] a teachers' residence and a powerhouse at the Athabasca Indian Agency, Fort Chipewyan.