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Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency

Menominee

History

The Menominee Agency was established in 1943 when the Menominee Indian Mills and the Keshena Agency were merged. It operated until 1961, when the Bureau of Indian Affairs terminated its relationship with the Menominee Indians

The Menoninee signed seven treaties in 1817, 1827, 1831 1836, 1848, 1854 and 1856 with the United States and in 1821 1822, and 1831 with New York tribes. New York tribes included; Oneida, Stockbridge, and Brothertown who removed from New York. [1].

Agents and Appointment Date

Records

Some administrative and fiscal records for the Menominee Agency and its predecessors are in the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago[2].

References

  1. ↑ Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981, p. 166.
  2. ↑ Guide to Federal Records, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. Available online.
  • American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
  • Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
  • Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
  • Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
  • Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online
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