Indian Reservations, Resistance and Changing U.S. Indian Policy since 1850
Fort Simcoe
Even though many Native Americans lived away from the reservations, many maintained their links to them, and to the military forts which were also a component of reservation policy. This view shows Indian Agent Captain Thomas Priestly with Chief White Swan taken in front of the Agency House at Fort Simcoe in 1888 or 1889. (Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Fort Simcoe files.)