Lac du Flambeau Indian Agency (Wisconsin)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Chippewa, Potawatomi

History
In 1895, the Lac du Flambeau Boarding School was opened under the La Pointe Agency. In 1907, Lac du Flambeau was made independent and given agency status.

In 1927, the La Pointe Agency, Laona Agency, Red Cliff Agency, and Mackinac Agency were all consolidated into the Lac du Flambeau Agency and it became responsible for all the Chippewa and Potawatomi Indians in Wisconsin and Michigan. In 1933, the Hayward School was added to Lac du Flambeau, as well.

In 1936, the Lac du Flambeau was superceded by the Great Lakes Agency.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.

Many of the historical records of this agency are housed in the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago, including:


 * Chippewa census rolls, 1878-1931
 * Student case files, 1910-1917
 * Heirship case files, 1920-1932
 * Family medical histories, 1930
 * And other financial and administrative records, 1882-1949

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Lac du Flambeau Agency, 1908-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 75-76, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their. Reports for some years are missing.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1910 thru 1935. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 229 thru 232. 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.

Records Available through the FamilySearch Library

 * Birth and Death records 1924-1932, Census Supplements FS Library film 576920