m0559.xml UNITED STATES. OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Rich Arpi Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Rich Arpi May 2007Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Indian census rolls. 1885-1940. Microfilm (selected reels) of census rolls submitted each year by agents or superintendents in charge of reservations. The data on the rolls varies but usually includes English and/or Indian name, roll number, age or birth date, sex, and relationship to head of family. Reels included in this selection focus on Minnesota Ojibwe (Chippewa) and Dakota (Sioux) bands, though numerous Wisconsin and North Dakota groups are also included. 88 microfilm reels. See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

This group of reels was selected from a much larger body, and contains only records of Minnesota Indians, as well as Indian groups in Wisconsin and North and South Dakota that had strong Minnesota connections.

Beginning in 1930 the rolls also show degree of Indian blood, marital status, ward status, place of residence, and sometimes other information. For certain years, including 1935, 1936, 1938, and 1939, only supplemental rolls of additions and deletions were compiled. There is not a census for every reservation or group of Indians for every year. Only persons who maintained a formal affiliation with a tribe under Federal supervision are listed in these census rolls.

 ARRANGEMENT

Arranged by jurisdiction and date.

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Indians of North America -- Minnesota--Census. Indians of North America -- Wisconsin--Census. Indians of North America -- North Dakota--Census. Indians of North America -- South Dakota--Census. Indians of North America -- Genealogy -- Sources. Ojibwa Indians--Census. Ojibwa Indians -- Genealogy -- Sources. Cheyenne Indians--Census. Ute Indians--Census. Ponca Indians--Census. Sihasapa Indians--Census. Paiute Indians--Census. Dakota Indians--Census. Dakota Indians -- Genealogy -- Sources. Potawatomi Indians--Census. Places: Bad River Reservation (Wis.)--Census. Bois Fort Reservation (Minn.)--Census. Fond du Lac Indian Reservation (Minn.)--Census. Fort Totten Indian Reservation (N.D.)--Census. Grand Portage Reservation (Minn.)--Census. Lac du Flambeau Reservation (Wis.)--Census. Lake Traverse Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--Census. Leech Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.)--Census. Mille Lacs Indian Reservation (Minn.)--Census. Pipestone Indian Reservation (Minn.)--Census. Red Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.)--Census. Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation (N.D.)--Census. White Earth Indian Reservation (Minn.)--Census. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

 Accession Information:

Accession number: 14,601

Available for sale from the National Archives Trust Fund (Microcopy No. 595).

Reproduction note: Filmed by the National Archives, Washington, D.C., in 1965.

Location of originals: Originals are located in National Archives Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Processing Information:

Processed by: Deborah Kahn, July 2006

Catalog ID number: 001722953

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION M559 2 Bay Mills School (Chippewa Indians), 1909-1911, 1913-1915. Birch Cooley Agency (Mdewakanton Sioux Indians), 1891-1893, 1895-1896. Bishop Agency (Paiute and other Indians), 1916-1926. Consolidated Chippewa: 57 1923. 58 1924. 59 1925. 60 1926. 61 1927. 62 1928. 63 White Earth Subagency, 1929. 64 Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, and Nett Lake (Bois Forte) Subagencies, 1929. 65 White Earth Reservation, 1930. 66 Bois Forte (Nett Lake), Cass and Winnibigoshish, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Mille Lac, and White Oak Point Reservations, 1930. 67 White Earth Reservation, 1931. 68 Bois Forte (Nett Lake), Cass and Winnibigoshish, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, and White Oak Point Reservations, 1931 (with supplemental rolls). 69 White Earth Reservation, 1932. 70 Cass and Winnibigoshish, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Nett Lake (Bois Forte), and White Oak Point Reservations, 1932 (with birth and death rolls). 71 White Earth Reservation, 1933. 72 Cass and Winnibigoshish, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Nett Lake (Bois Forte), Nonremoval Mille Lac, and White Oak Point Reservations, 1933 (with supplemental rolls). 73 White Earth Reservation, 1934. 74 Cass and Winnibigoshish, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Nett Lake (Bois Forte), Nonremoval Mille Lac, and White Oak Point Reservations, 1934, 1934-1936 (supplemental rolls). 75 White Earth Reservation, 1937. 76 Cass and Winnibigoshish, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Nett Lake (Bois Forte), Nonremoval Mille Lac, and White Oak Point Reservations, 1937, 1937-1939 (supplemental rolls). Devils Lake (Sioux and Chippewa Indians): 94 1885-1890. 95 1892-1897. 96 1898-1902. 97 1903-1905. Flandreau: 105 1892-1921. 106 1922-1939. 117 Fond du Lac, 1910-1920. Fort Totten (Devils Lake Sioux and Turtle Mountain Chippewa Indians), 1906-1909. Devils Lake Sioux Indians: 162 1910-1920. 163 1922-1929. 164 1930-1939. Lac du Flambeau: 229 Chippewa Indians, 1910-1927. Lac du Flambeau, Bad River, and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians, and Potawatomi Indians: 230 1928-1930. 231 1931-1932; with birth and death rolls, 1924-1932. Lac du Flambeau, Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians, and Potawatomi Indians: 232 1933-1935. La Pointe: 234 Bad River, Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians, 1886-1889. 235 Bad River, Bois Forte or Vermillion Lake, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians, 1890-1892. Bad River, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Red Cliff, and Vermillion Lake Chippewa Indians, 236 1893-1894. 237 1895-1897. Bad River, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Red Cliff, Rice Lake, and Vermillion Lake Chippewa Indians: 238 1898-1902. 239 1903-1907. Bad River, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Red Cliff, and Rice Lake Chippewa Indians: 240 1908-1915. Bad River Chippewa Indians: 241 1916-1922. Bad River and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians: 242 1923-1927. Leech Lake (Chippewa Indians): 243 1899-1902. 244 1903-1905. 245 1906-1912. 246 1913-1917. 247 1918-1922. 287 Nett Lake (Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians), 1906-1918. 385 Pipestone (Mdewakanton Sioux Indians), 1914, 1915 letter, 1918- 1919 and 1923 letters, 1924-1939. 417 Quinaielt (Quinaielt and other Indians), 1885, 1887. Red Cliff (Chippewa Indians), 1912, 1914-1917, 1919-1922 Red Lake (Red Lake and Pembina Chippewa Indians): 418 1907-1912. 419 1913-1917, 1919. 420 Red Lake and Pembina, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Bois Forte, Vermillion Lake, and Deer Creek Chippewa Indians, 1920-1923. Chippewa Indians: 421 1924-1929. 422 1930-1932. 423 1933-1935. 424 1936-1939. Santee: 475 Santee and Flandreau Sioux and Ponca Indians, 1885-1896. Santee Sioux and Ponca Indians: 476 1899-1907, 1909-1910. 477 1911-1917. Sisseton (Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians): 507 1886-1891, 1893, 1895, 1897-1898. 508 1899-1907. 509 1909-1914. 510 1915-1918. 511 1919-1924. 512 1925-1927, 1929. Sioux Indians: 513 1930-1931. 514 1932-1933. 515 1934-1936. 516 1937-1939. 517 1916-1920. 628 Ute Mountain (Ute Indians), 1915-1922. Vermillion Lake (Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians), 1907. White Earth (Chippewa Indians): 649 1885-1888. 650 1890-1892. 651 1894-1895 652 1896-1897. 653 1898-1900. 654 1901-1904. 655 1905-1909. 656 1910-1911. 657 1912-1913. 658 1914-1915. 659 1916-1917. 660 1918-1919. 661 1920-1921. 662 1922.