Kate and Sue McBeth, Missionary Teachers to the Nez Perce

COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
    AND INDIAN AGENTS REPORTS

By far, the largest amount of information about each Indian tribe was collected and published in the annual reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Not only is every report from each Indian agent published, the Commissioner's comments on policy and actions taken during the year on various tribes are also included. For those interested in statistical data on a variety of topics, including expenditures, employees, censuses, numbers of Indians in schools, and the types of diseases found on the reservations, these reports are a treasure trove of information.

Commissioners of Indian Affairs, 1843 - 1893

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Agent John Monteith, (Nez Perce Indian Agent 1871 - 1879) with James Reuben (1),
teacher, Archie Lawyer (2) and Mark Williams (3) ministers, prior to their mission to
the Joseph band of the Nez Perce in Oklahoma Territory, December 1879.
Photograph courtesy of Historical Photograph Collection, Washington State University Libraries.

1843
1844
1845
1850
1851
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
      Lapwai Agency
      Quapaw Agency (Joseph's Band)  
1879  Lapwai Agency
          Quapaw Agency (Joseph's Band)
1880  Lapwai Agency
          Ponca Agency (Joseph's Band)
1881 Lapwai Agency
         Ponca Agency (Joseph's Band)
1882
      Lapwai Agency
      Ponca Agency (Joseph's band)
1883
      Lapwai Agency
      Ponca Agency (Joseph's Band)
1884
      Lapwai Agency
      Rev. George Deffenbaugh (Missionary Report, Nez Perce Agency)
      Ponca Agency (Joseph's Band)
1885
      Lapwai Agency
      Rev. George Deffenbaugh (Missionary Report, Nez Perce Agency)
      Colville Agency (Joseph's Band)
1886 Lapwai Agency
         Colville Agency (Joseph's Band)
1887
      Lapwai Agency
      Colville Agency (Joseph's Band)
1888
      Lapwai Agency
      Colville Agency (Joseph's Band)
1889
      Lapwai Agency
      D. W.  Eaves (Lapwai School Report)
1890
       Lapwai Agency
       Colville Agency (Joseph's Band)
1891
      Lapwai Agency
      E. McConnville (Lapwai School Report)
      Colville Agency (Joseph's Band)
1892
      Lapwai Agency
      R. Latimer (Lapwai Boarding School Report)
      E. McConnville (Lapwai School Report)
      Colville Agency (Joseph's Band)
      E. Latham, M.D. Colville
1893 Lapwai Agency
      E. McConnville (Lapwai School Report)
      Colville Agency (Joseph's Band)