Consolidated Chippewa Indian Agency (Minnesota)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
White Earth, Leech Lake, and Red Lake Chippewa

History
The Consolidated Chippewa Agency was established 1 July 1922 to serve the Chippewa Indians formerly of the White Earth and Leech Lake Agencies and some from the Red Lake Agency. The White Earth and Leech Lake Agencies were abolished at the time of this consolidation. The Red Lake continued to be responsible for the Red Lake Chippewa, but the Bois Fort Chippewa and the Indians of the Fond du Lac and Grand Portage Reservations were assigned to the new Consolidated Chippewa Agency.

In December 1954, the Consolidated Chippewa Agency and the Red Lake Agency were merged to form the Minnesota Agency. In 1964, the Red Lake Agency again became independent, but the name Minnesota Agency was retained for the former Consolidated Chippewa Agency.

Records
Many records for the Consolidated Chippewa Agency are in the Central Plains Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Kansas City and the Great Lakes Regional Archives of NARA in Chicago.

Those in Kansas City include:


 * Census records, 1889-1940 (obviously including some from predecessor agencies)
 * Birth and death correspondence, 1922-1953
 * Claims case files, 1923-1950
 * Education records, 1923-1961, including school records of enrollments, census cards, etc.
 * Social service case files, 1927-1943
 * Personnel records, 1931-1955
 * Supplemental census records, 1936-1942
 * A reservation census, 1961
 * Many administrative and financial records
 * Some records from the Leech Lake Agency and the White Earth Agency, 1897-1935

Those in Chicago include:


 * Records of Field Clerks at White Earth and Leech Lake, 1919-1935
 * Grand Portage Day school Records, 1913-1921

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Consolidated Chippewa Agency, 1923-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, rolls 27-28, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their microfilm numbers 1724245-1724246).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1923 thru 1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 57-76. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their microfilm numbers 574216-574231 and 5757659-575768). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.