Wisconsin Superintendency of Indian Affairs

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History
The Wisconsin Superintendency was established in 1836 and originally included the present states of Iowa and Minnesota and much of the Dakotas. It was discontinued in 1848.

Records for Superintendencies exist in the National Archives and copies of many of them are also available in other research facilities.

Tribes
Sac and Fox, Winnebago, Chippewa, Menominee, Oneida, Stockbridge, Munsee, Iowa, Sioux of Mississippi, and Chippewa of the Mississippi

Governors and Ex officio Superintendents
Henry Dodge 1836, James Duane Doty 1841, Nathaniel P. Tallmadge 1844, and Henry Dodge 1845

Agencies
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.


 * Crow Wing Subagency
 * Fort Winnebago Subagency
 * Green Bay Agency
 * Ioway Subagency
 * La Pointe Subagency
 * Prairie du Chien Agency
 * Sioux Subagency
 * St. Peters Agency

The Wisconsin Superintendency had responsibility for Chippewa Indians, Menominee Indians, Sauk Indians, Fox Indians, Winnebago Indians and Sioux Indians (Sisseton, Wahpeton, Mdewakanton, and Wahpekute Bands) as well as for Brotherton, Munsee, Oneida, and Stockbridge Indians.

Records
Records of the Wisconsin Superintendent of Indian Affairs, 1836-1848, are at the National Archives and have been microfilmed as their Microcopy Number M951. Copies are also available at the Chicago Regional Archives. This set of microfilm of the records of the Wisconsin Superintendency is also available at the and its family history centers.

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Wisconsin Superintendency, 1836-1848, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the and its family history centers on their microfilm roll numbers 1661678 thru 1661679.