Rocky Boy's Indian Agency (Montana)

The Rocky Boy's Indian Agency is the administrative office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Rocky Boy's Reservation in north-central Montana. Its supervising office is the Billings Area Office.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Chippewa-Cree

History
Rocky Boy's Agency was established shortly after Rocky Boy's Reservation was set off in September of 1916 to serve the Chippewa-Cree Indians of northern Montana. Its agency was separated from Fort Belknap, 1 July 1917, and has continued to function to the present..

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

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Rocky Boy's Agency, 1918-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, rolls 117-118, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City and their family history centers (their ).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1919 thru 1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, roll 426. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its family history centers (their ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.