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Created in 1869 (16 U.S. Stat. 40), the board's function was
to oversee, along with the Secretary of the Interior, the disbursement of funds to the
various tribes from the Office of Indian Affairs., as well as auditing purchases and
inspecting reservations. Limited in power and scope, the board did, however, influence
policy and public opinion, with the allotment of lands a favored solution to Native
American survival. Included in the board's reports are a number of the proceedings from
the Lake Mohonk conferences, whose participants included humanitarians, leaders from the
religious societies who had missions among the Indian tribes, and members of the Indian
Rights Association.
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