Menominee Indian Agency (Wisconsin)

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. .

Records
Agencies and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same.Many of the records of genealogical value (for the tribe and tribal members) were created by and maintained by the agencies.

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.