Federal Records & Archives
This section collects federal records that document Northern Cheyenne government, history, land, trust responsibilities, legislation, agency actions, hearings, and related public records. Federal copies can preserve important material when a local copy is difficult to locate.
Bureau of Indian Affairs / Northern Cheyenne Agency
The Bureau of Indian Affairs maintains a Northern Cheyenne Agency office in Lame Deer. The agency lists the general contact email IA_Northern_Cheyenne_Agency@bia.gov. Its current program areas include administration, social services, natural resources, agriculture, trust services, forestry, wildland fire, probate, and real estate services.
Official BIA Northern Cheyenne Agency page
National Archives
The National Archives at Denver holds Northern Cheyenne Agency records dating from 1889 through 1985 and Billings Area Office records dating from 1903 through 1974. Holdings include correspondence, subject files, financial records, trust and land records, tribal-funds files, and other agency material.
National Archives – BIA Records: Montana
Congress.gov and GovInfo
Congressional hearings, reports, bills, and exhibits can contain Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council resolutions, testimony, correspondence, and supporting documents. When a tribal resolution appears as an exhibit in a federal hearing, the federal copy can provide a useful independent archival source.
Federal Register
The Federal Register publishes notices and agency actions involving the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other federal agencies. Northern Cheyenne-related notices can include land, cultural-resource, NAGPRA, environmental, and administrative matters.
Record Room note: A federal archive copy does not automatically prove that it is the complete tribal record. Whenever possible, the Record Room will preserve both the tribal source and the federal archival source and identify where each copy came from.