Notable Indian Agents
Distinguishable individuals who have served as Indian agents include the following:
- Leander Clark, agent for the Sac and Fox in Iowa beginning in 1866
- John Clum, Indian agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in the Arizona Territory
- Benjamin Hawkins, agent to the Creek people and other southern Indians under President George Washington
- Luther Kelly (Yellowstone Kelly), Indian Agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation; Arizona Territory under President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904-1909
- Valentine McGillycuddy, Indian agent of Red Cloud Agency
- James McLaughlin active 1876–1923, Devils Lake Agency (1876–1881), Standing Rock Sioux Agency (1881– )
- Return J. Meigs, Sr., agent to the Cherokee in Tennessee from 1801 to 1823
- Henry Schoolcraft, agent to the Ojibwe in Michigan in the 1820s and 1830s
- O. M. Wozencraft, Indian Agent in California, 1850-1852
- William Wells (soldier) Indian Agent from 1792 - 1812; considered a "white Indian" because of his former association as a Miami Indian as well as Indian agent interpreter
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