Albert Allison

Albert was a Pima Indian of the Gila River tribe

The original Pima Agency was established in 1859 with the appointment of a special agent who was an employee of the Overland Mail Company. That company desired to maintain good relationships with the Pima and Maricopa Indians so they could run mail through their lands. The agent resigned in 1860 and was not replaced.

The Pima and Maricopa Indians were with the area for which the Tucson Agency was responsible, so with the resignation of the agent in 1860, the Tucson Agency again was the sole agency over the Pima and Maricopa. From 1861 to 1863, Confederate troops occupied Arizona and the Tucson Agency was abandoned. In 1865, the Pima and Maricopa were assigned to the Pima, Papago, and Maricopa Agency, known later as the Gila River Agency, and after 1875 as the Pima Agency.

In 1902, a separate Papago Agency was established for the Papago who lived on the San Xavier Reservation. That reservation was expanded in 1917 and the Pima lost more of the area for which they had been responsible. The Salt River Reservation of Pima Indians was transferred to Camp McDowell Agency in 1910. In 1934, both the Salt River and Camp McDowell Agencies were transferred back to the Pima Agency. At the same time, the remaining groups of Papago Indians were transferred to the Papago Agency.
Source: FamilySearch Wiki. “Pima Indian Agency (Arizona) • FamilySearch.” FamilySearch Wiki, 13 Dec. 2022, www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Pima_Indian_Agency_(Arizona). Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.

Biography:
Albert Allison was born c. 1900 in Arizona. He is identified and tracked through the Indian census reports from 1920 through 1928 with the allotment number 3349. His parents are not identified, and only one brother Joseph but Albert is always shown living alone.

According to the book Vanished in Hiawatha by Carla Joinson, Albert was admitted to Canton on June 25, 1927, but his diagnosis is not present. Albert died within a year after commitment on May 16, 1928. This date can be confirmed by the fact that Albert is identified in only the 1927 Canton male census taken on June 30, 1927, and the 1928 census taken on June 30, 1928.

Albert is NOT buried in the Canton Hiawatha Cemetery based on the letter by L.L. Culp to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated February 17, 1934.

His profile is part of the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Canton_Asylum.

Research Notes:
-Admitted to The Canton Asylum June 25, 1927
-To ensure tracking the correct Albert Allison his allotment number is 3349
-No diagnosis has been found for Albert but he died less than a year after being incarcerated
-Albert was not buried in the asylum cemetery (but since there was an extensive Allison family in Arizona it is presumed that his body was returned there(TBD))

Sturtevant, William C. “National Atlas. Indian Tribes, Cultures & Languages : [United States].” Library of Congress.Gov, Geological Survey, Reston, VA., 1991, https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701e.ct003648r/?st=image&r=-0.28.... Accessed 27 Sept. 2023.

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Sources:

1910 Apr 27 - "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVVC-YDV : Sat Mar 09 07:33:09 UTC 2024), Entry for Albert Allison and Jose Ahil, 1910, pg.1141/1532 line 1 (age 6), Census of the Tucson Indian Training School, Tucson Precinct #2, Pima County, Arizona

1920 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7J18-KM3Z : Sun Mar 10 01:35:54 UTC 2024), Entry for Albert Allison, 1920, pg. 239/721, line 71 (b=1900), census of the Pima Indian, Pima Agency, Arizona

1920 June 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll349unit/page/n236/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 237/718, line 71 (b=1900), census of the Pima Indians, Pima Agency, Ariz.

1921 June 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll349unit/page/n433/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 434/718, line 73 (b=1900), census of the Pima and Maricopa Indians, Pima Agency, Ariz.

1922 June 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll350unit/page/n8/mode/1u.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 9/888, line 73 (b=1900), census of the Pima and Maricopa Indians, Pima Agency

1923 June 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll350unit/page/n306/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 307/888, line 74 (b=1900), census of the Pima and Maricopa Indians, Pima Agency

1924 June 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll350unit/page/n602/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 603/888, line 73 (b=1900), census of the Pima and Maricopa Indians, Pima Agency

1925 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll351unit/page/n8/mode/1u.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 9/859, line 77 (b=1900, Insane), census of the Pima and Maricopa Indians, Pima Agency

1926 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll351unit/page/n307/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 308/859, line 77 (b=1900), census of the Pima Indians, Gila River Agency

1927 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll352unit/page/n7/mode/1u.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 8/571, line 40 (b=1900, Insane, brother of 3343), census of the Pima Indians, Pima Agency

1927 Jun 30 - Canton Insane Asylum: 1923-33; Cantonment School, pg. 370/1140: 1910-27, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports 1910 – 1935, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155855298?objectPage=185, line 2, Canton Asylum male census

1928 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll352unit/page/n284/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 285/571, line 40 last (b=1900, Insane, brother of 3343, died May 16/28), census of the Pima Indians, Gila River Agency