James McLaughlin (Indian agent), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Ontario, Canada
About James McLaughlin (Indian agent)
- James McLaughlin (1842–1923) was a Canadian-American United States Indian agent and inspector, best known for having ordered the arrest of Sitting Bull in December 1890, which resulted in the chief's death.
- Before this event, he was known for his positive relations with several tribes.
- His memoir, published in 1910, was entitled, My Friend the Indian. McLaughlin emigrated to the United States at the age of 21, living briefly in St.
- Paul, Minnesota, where he married a Mdewakanton woman of mixed-blood descent.
- He soon became a citizen.
- While working as a blacksmith at Fort Totten, he studied to become a U.S.
- Indian agent, and was selected to supervise the Devils Lake Agency in 1876.
- He was promoted and transferred in 1881 to the larger Standing Rock Sioux Agency in the Dakotas, working there for many years, in an era of short-term political appointments.
- In 1895 he was promoted to a position as Inspector of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Department of Interior, working until his death in 1923 in Washington, D.C.
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