Indian agent

For the similar role in Canada, see Indian Agent (Canada).

In United States history, an Indian agent was an individual authorized to interact with Native American tribes on behalf of the U.S. government.

Indian agents

Leander Clark was 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.
Luther Kelly (Yellowstone Kelly), Indian Agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation; Arizona Territory under President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904-1909.
Benjamin Hawkins was a North Carolina Indian Agent under President George Washington.
James McLaughlin active 1876–1923, Devils Lake Agency (1876–1881), Standing Rock Sioux Agency (1881– )
Return J. Meigs, Sr. was agent to the Cherokee in Tennessee from 1801 to 1823.
Henry Schoolcraft was agent to the Ojibwe in Michigan in the 1820s and 1830s.