Keshena Indian Agency (Wisconsin)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Menominee, Oneida, Stockbridge, and Munsee

History
The Keshena Agency was the successor to the Green Bay Agency which was established in 1815. The Green Bay Agency was renamed Keshena in 1909. A separate Oneida Agency existed from 1909 to 1919. The Keshena Agency was merged with the Menominee Indian Mills to form the Menominee Agency.

Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records

For a description of the various records, their content, and their availability, link to the pages for each type of record. Each individual agency also has a page describing its history and the location of their records. An alphabetical list of the agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs can be found below. They are also linked under the topic "American Indians" for each state. Pages for individual sub-agencies are listed alphabetically under the category of "American Indian Subagencies" and are linked under the topic of "American Indians" for each state where they existed.

Some records for the Keshena Agency are in the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago, including:


 * Oneida census rolls, 1892-1934
 * Registers of Oneida births, deaths, and families, 1902-19218
 * Annuity pay rolls, 1909-1939
 * Records concerning determination of degree of blood and tribal roll for the Menominee, 1939-1941
 * And other administrative and financial records, 1910-1943

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1909 thru 1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 200 thru 209. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Keshena Agency, 1910-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, rolls 69-70, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City (their ).

Records Available through the FamilySearch Library
Births and Deaths, 1924-1932 census Supplements FS Library film 576894