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Online Resources
Native American Online Genealogy Records
 * Pokagon Band of Potawatomi

Tribes Recognized by the Federal Government
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Michigan and Indiana)

Tribes Recognized by the State of Indiana
There are no Tribes recognized by the state of Indiana

Historical Tribes in Indiana

 * Beckwith, H. W. (Hiram Williams), The Illinois and Indiana Indians 1833-1903 Arno Press, 1975. online at:FamilySearch Digital Library.

The following list of American Indians who have lived in Indiana has been compiled from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians... and from Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.


 * Chippewa
 * Delaware
 * Erie
 * Illinois
 * Iroquois
 * Kaskaskia
 * Kickapoo
 * Mesopelea
 * Miami
 * Neutrals
 * Piankashaw
 * Potawatomi
 * Seneca
 * Shawnee
 * Wea
 * Wyandot

Wee-sau, Ash-Kum, Mau-ke-Kose, Wee-si-o-nas, Com-o-za of Patiwatan, Motas, Mes-Quaw-uck, Che-case, Aub-ba-mau-bee, Upper Kispoko Band of Shawnee

Agency Records
The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Indiana has been compiled from Hill's Office of Indian Affairs..., Hill's Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians , and others.


 * Fort Wayne Agency 1824-30
 * Indiana Agency 1824-1850
 * Miami Subagency 1824-1853

Reservations in Indiana


This is a Map of Creek Indian Township Lawrence County Indiana. The following list of reservations has been compiled from the National Atlas of the United States of America, the Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America , and other sources. There are current federally-recognized reservations in Indiana.


 * Godfrey Reservation
 * Meshingomesia Reservation
 * Osandiah Reservation
 * Ozahshinquah Reservation
 * Tahkonong Reservation
 * Wapapincha Reservation
 * Wife of Benjamin Reservation

Indiana Indian Schools
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Missions in Indiana
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Indian Health Agencies in Indiana
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Indiana Map of Indian Lands
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Indiana Native Americans Historical Background
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Archives
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Libraries
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Museums
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Societies
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For Further Reading

 * "Accompanying Pamphlet for Microcopy 1011", National Archives Microfilm Publications, Appendix.
 * 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.
 * Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. Available online.
 * Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.
 * National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations Available online.
 * Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online
 * Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.

FamilySearch Library
In the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog many American Indian records are listed under:

INDIANA - NATIVE RACES

See also the FamilySearch Catalog’s Subject Search under the name of the tribe, for example:

DELAWARE

MIAMI

SHAWNEE


 * Lyman Copeland Draper Collection which includes:

Tecumseh Papers Shawnee Chief-1768-1823 FS Library film: 889237and 887238


 * Moravian Church Records

1870 and 1880 index to Blacks, Mulatto and Indians

1870 Census 5 films FamilySearch Library 1st film 1509480

1880 Census 8 films FamilySearch Library 1st film 1509284