Laona Indian Agency (Wisconsin)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Potawatomi, Rice Lake Band of Chippewa (mostly residing in Forest and Langlade Counties, Wisconsin)

History
The Laona Agency was the successor to the Carter Agency which had been established in 1911 at Carter, Wisconsin. When that agency was moved to Laona, Wisconsin in 1916, it thereafter was known as the Laona Agency. The Laona Agency was consolidated with the Lac du Flambeau Agency, 16 May 1927, but continued to operate as a subagency for some years thereafter.

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.

Copies of some records for the Laona Agency are in the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago, with records of the Carter Agency, including:


 * Potawatomi census rolls, 1911-1933
 * Patient health records, 1914-1932
 * Records of births and deaths, 1924-1926
 * Other administrative and financial records, 1910-1932

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Laona Agency, 1916-1927, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, roll 77, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City (their ).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1916 thru 1927. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, Roll 233. 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.