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
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.

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 Family History 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 Family History Library and its family history centers (their ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.