This catalog, in effect, provides an annotated bibliography of the record groups related directly to American Indians, to the formation of Federal Indian policy, and the personnel who enforced that policy, published in microfilm by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Brief narratives give background of the office that created or accumulated the records, as well as the type, scope, and organization of the records themselves. Detailed roll-by-roll listings are given for most of the records. NARA has published seven subject catalogs that list publications by topic and provide roll-by-roll lists of contents.