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In 1936, the Lac du Flambeau was superceded by the Great Lakes Agency.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

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 Family History 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 Family History 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 Family History Library

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