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Title

Original Indian treaties and deeds

Series Number

A4609

Summary

This series contains Indian treaties or deeds of cession and related documents filed by the secretary of state. The native groups involved in the treaties filed in this series were the Oneida, Brothertown, Stockbridge, Cayuga, Mohawk, Seneca, and Onondaga Indians, and the Seven Nations of Canada. The "treaties" generally take the form of a deed of cession from the sachems, chiefs, and warriors of a particular nation or group to the people of the state of New York.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to severe fragility. Microfilm is first use copy.

Title

Petitions, correspondence and reports relating to Indians

Series Number

A1823

Summary

These are correspondence and petitions from claimants to land purchased from or granted to Indians; reports on legal issues in Indian land claims; petitions from Indians to the State concerning permission to convey land, confirmation of land titles, sale of liquor; and persons appointed to hear grievances; petitions to repeal laws banning liquor sales to Indians; abstracts of and reports on discussions and negotiations between Indians and State and Federal officials; and reports and maps concerning land petitions.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Selected audited accounts of state civil and military officers

Series Number

A0802

Summary

The series includes vouchers, accounts, contracts, correspondence, and related documents of various state civil and military officers including Commissioners of Highways, Commissioners of Fortifications, Commissary of Military Stores, Council of Appointment, Pay Master General, agents of New York State with the United States, Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Indian agents, s, Adjutant General, and Quarter Master General. The series also contains financial documents and claims relating to "detached" militia companies that were placed under Federal command during the War of 1812.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

Photocopying is restricted because most of the documents are fragile and many of them are pasted in overlapping sets on a folio page.

Title

New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Operations hearing and subject files

Series Number

L0011

Summary

This series contains information on issues investigated by the Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Operations. Issues include the legalization of casino gambling, open meetings legislation, Indian affairs, and the effect of the State's Freedom of Information Law. Included are hearing testimony, correspondence and memorandums in support of or opposition to legislation, copies of proposed legislation, printed reports, and press clippings. The records reflect the opinions of state and local government officials, businesses, special interest groups, and individuals.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Governmental Operations

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Warrants of survey, powers of attorney, Indian deeds, and other records

Series Number

A1885

Summary

This series contains mostly warrants of survey but includes also a few unrelated legal documents. Colonial governors ordered surveys of all lands for which settlers applied for purchase. The warrants are the governor's orders to the surveyor general to carry out the survey. They provide name of governor; name of surveyor general; for whom land is to be surveyed; acreage and location of land; and date of warrant. The records suffered some burn damage in the 1911 State Capitol fire.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Governor

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

State Archeologist's research and publications files

Series Number

A3293

Summary

This series contains the written drafts and publications of New York State Archaeologist Noah T. Clarke on Indian tribes in New York. In addition to Clarke's works, there are a number of related pamphlets, articles, bibliographies, and publications from other individuals and organizations within each folder. Some folders contain correspondence in which Clarke responds to questions about Indians. The subject matter of the material relates to tribes, songs, traditions, reservations, and education.

Creator

• New York State Museum and Science Service

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Indian census rolls

Series Number

A0742

Summary

This series consists of original census enumeration rolls prepared by the state agent assigned to a given Indian tribal group or reservation for the purpose of identifying those eligible to receive annuity payments from the state. As such, the series serves as the basis for validation of tribal membership and as an important, often the only, source of basic vital statistics for reservation residents and non-residents alike.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Social Services

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Grantor index to deeds and other miscellaneous documents recorded or filed by the Secretary of State

Series Number

A4688

Summary

Series A0453, Record of Deeds; Series A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers; Series 12945, Miscellaneous Deeds and Title Papers; Series A0451, Original Releases to the State; Series A0448, Indian Deeds and Treaties; and Series A1882, Dutch Land Deeds, are all indexed by this series. This series also indexes cessions of jurisdiction to the United States of America, which are found in several of the above series.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for inter-library loan or duplication.

Title

Grantee index to deeds and other documents recorded or filed by the Secretary of State and Office of General Services

Series Number

A4689

Summary

Series A0453, Record of Deeds; Series A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers; Series 12945, Miscellaneous Deeds and Title Papers; Series A0451, Original Releases to the State; and Series A1882, Dutch Land Deeds, are indexed by this series. This series also indexes applications for grants of land under water, and land appropriations that are held by the Office of General Services.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for inter-library loan or duplication.

Title

Resurvey field notes of Onondaga Indian Reservation

Series Number

B1722

Summary

The Onondaga Indian Reservation was established by treaty between the Onondaga Indians and the State of New York in 1788. After various tracts were sold by the Onondagas, they petitioned the state for a re-survey of their reservation. This series consists of field notes of a United State Department of the Interior survey of the Onondaga Indian Reservation executed in 1938 to restore and remark the boundaries of the reservation established by an earlier re-survey executed in 1856.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Recorded Indian treaties and deeds

Series Number

A0448

Summary

This series contains Indian deeds treaties or deeds of cession. Most of the colonial Indian deeds cede lands located in the Mohawk and upper Susquehanna Valley from the native owners to the king of Great Britain. The post-Revolutionary War documents generally take the form of a deed of cession from the sachems, chiefs, and warriors of a particular nation or group to the people of the state of New York.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to fragile condition. Microfilm is first use copy.

Title

Surrendered certificates of sale

Series Number

B1871

Summary

This series consists of purchase certificates of land from the Oneida Indian Reservation. The certificates were returned to the Office of the State Comptroller when the sales were not completed due to non-payment. The certificates are signed by the Surveyor General as seller and include receipts for partial payments. Other information includes lot number, number of acres purchased, date of purchase, amount paid, amount due, subsequent payments and transferences of ownership, and date surrendered.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Original bill of sale and record of the action of the Council of the Onondaga Indians whereby the University of the State of New York became Wampum Keeper of the Six Nations

Series Number

A0492

Summary

This series consists of the original bill of sale and record of the action of the Council of the Onondaga Nation which sold and transferred the Onondaga Nation's interest in the wampum belts and office of wampum-keeper to the State University of New York.

Creator

• New York State Museum

Title

Population census of Indian reservations

Series Number

A1832

Summary

This volume contains the 1845 population schedules for all the Indian reservations in New York (except the reservations on Long Island). Census schedules are present for the following reservations or groups: Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora, Buffalo [Creek], Seneca of Cattaraugus, Cayuga of Cattaraugus, Seneca of Allegany, Tonawanda, and St. Regis [Mohawk]. Data collected is similar to the general population census but does not include voting, citizenship, or militia service.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Operations Sub-committee on Indian Affairs hearing transcript and subject files

Series Number

L0243

Summary

These records were compiled by John Hudacs, Project Director of the Sub-committee on Indian Affairs. Records include hearing transcripts, subject files, correspondence, reports, and reel recordings of meetings held on reservations. Series also includes background information on services to Native Americans including health projects, leases, schooling, graves and cemeteries, return of the wampum collection, and economic development.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Governmental Operations. Sub-committee on Indian Affairs

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Indian education tuition and transportation files

Series Number

11748

Summary

These files document aid to school districts for expenses related to the education of Indian children living on reservations including operating and maintenance costs of reservation schools; off reservations tuition payments; and transportation costs. Documents include correspondence; memoranda; tuition aid calculation worksheets; contracts with school districts for the education and transportation of Indian children; annual budgets from reservation schools; and censuses of Indian students (including name, date of birth, sex, age, one parent's name) at school districts and reservation schools.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Educational Management Services