Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and other agency records.

Tribal Headquarters
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe P. O. Box 50 Fort Thompson, SD 57339 Phone:1. 605.245.2221 Fax: 1.605.245.2470

Reservations
This tribe is primarily associated with the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota.

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

Websites

 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of Fort Thompson South Dakota, approved April 26, 1949
 * familysearch.org/ catalog: In the keyword search, type in Bureau of Indian Affairs + Crow Creek (or whatever tribe you are researching. This will help you access microfilm records available from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. If you are not local to Salt Lake, you can order microfilm online, and for the cost of postage, the microfilm will be sent to a FamilySearch Center near your home.You can use the microfilm readers there to read the film.

For Further Reading
For background information to help find American Indian ancestors see For Further Reading.