UNITED STATES. OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: United States. Office of Indian Affairs.
Title:Indian census rolls.
Dates:1885-1940.
Abstract: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.
Quantity:88 microfilm reels.
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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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.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

Arranged by jurisdiction and date.


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

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


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationReel
M5592Bay 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:
571923.
581924.
591925.
601926.
611927.
621928.
63White Earth Subagency, 1929.
64Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, and Nett Lake (Bois Forte) Subagencies, 1929.
65White Earth Reservation, 1930.
66Bois Forte (Nett Lake), Cass and Winnibigoshish, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Mille Lac, and White Oak Point Reservations, 1930.
67White Earth Reservation, 1931.
68Bois Forte (Nett Lake), Cass and Winnibigoshish, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, and White Oak Point Reservations, 1931 (with supplemental rolls).
69White Earth Reservation, 1932.
70Cass and Winnibigoshish, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Nett Lake (Bois Forte), and White Oak Point Reservations, 1932 (with birth and death rolls).
71White Earth Reservation, 1933.
72Cass 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).
73White Earth Reservation, 1934.
74Cass 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).
75White Earth Reservation, 1937.
76Cass 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):
941885-1890.
951892-1897.
961898-1902.
971903-1905.
Flandreau:
1051892-1921.
1061922-1939.
117Fond du Lac, 1910-1920.
Fort Totten (Devils Lake Sioux and Turtle Mountain Chippewa Indians), 1906-1909.
Devils Lake Sioux Indians:
1621910-1920.
1631922-1929.
1641930-1939.
Lac du Flambeau:
229Chippewa Indians, 1910-1927.
Lac du Flambeau, Bad River, and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians, and Potawatomi Indians:
2301928-1930.
2311931-1932; with birth and death rolls, 1924-1932.
232Lac du Flambeau, Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians, and Potawatomi Indians: 1933-1935.
La Pointe:
234Bad River, Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians, 1886-1889.
235Bad 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,
2361893-1894.
2371895-1897.
Bad River, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Red Cliff, Rice Lake, and Vermillion Lake Chippewa Indians:
2381898-1902.
2391903-1907.
Bad River, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Red Cliff, and Rice Lake Chippewa Indians:
2401908-1915.
Bad River Chippewa Indians:
2411916-1922.
Bad River and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians:
2421923-1927.
Leech Lake (Chippewa Indians):
2431899-1902.
2441903-1905.
2451906-1912.
2461913-1917.
2471918-1922.
287Nett Lake (Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians), 1906-1918.
385Pipestone (Mdewakanton Sioux Indians), 1914, 1915 letter, 1918- 1919 and 1923 letters, 1924-1939.
417Quinaielt (Quinaielt and other Indians), 1885, 1887.
Red Cliff (Chippewa Indians), 1912, 1914-1917, 1919-1922
Red Lake (Red Lake and Pembina Chippewa Indians):
4181907-1912.
4191913-1917, 1919.
420Red Lake and Pembina, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Bois Forte, Vermillion Lake, and Deer Creek Chippewa Indians, 1920-1923.
Chippewa Indians:
4211924-1929.
4221930-1932.
4231933-1935.
4241936-1939.
Santee:
475Santee and Flandreau Sioux and Ponca Indians, 1885-1896.
Santee Sioux and Ponca Indians:
4761899-1907, 1909-1910.
4771911-1917.
Sisseton (Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians):
5071886-1891, 1893, 1895, 1897-1898.
5081899-1907.
5091909-1914.
5101915-1918.
5111919-1924.
5121925-1927, 1929.
Sioux Indians:
5131930-1931.
5141932-1933.
5151934-1936.
5161937-1939.
5171916-1920.
628Ute Mountain (Ute Indians), 1915-1922.
Vermillion Lake (Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians), 1907.
White Earth (Chippewa Indians):
6491885-1888.
6501890-1892.
6511894-1895
6521896-1897.
6531898-1900.
6541901-1904.
6551905-1909.
6561910-1911.
6571912-1913.
6581914-1915.
6591916-1917.
6601918-1919.
6611920-1921.
6621922.

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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.

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