Grand Portage Indian Agency (Minnesota)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Chippewa

History
The Grand Portage Agency was established between 1906 and 1911 from the La Pointe Agency. In 1919, it was consolidated with the Fond du Lac Agency.

Records
Some records of the Grand Portage Day School, 1913-1921, are in the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago, filed under the records of the Consolidated Chippewa Agency.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Grand Portage Agency, 1912-1919, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, roll 57, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their ).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency/school for 1912, 1914-1918 and 1920 thru 1921. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, roll 167. 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.