Leech Lake Indian Agency (Minnesota): Difference between revisions

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The Leech Lake Agency was established in 1874 and abolished in 1879. It was reestablished in 1899 to serve several bands of Chippewa Indians -- the Leech Lake Pillager, the Cass and Winnibigshish Pillager, the White Oak Point, and the Red Lake Bands -- living in Minnesota. In 1906, a separate [[Red Lake Indian Agency (Minnesota)|Red Lake Agency]] was split off from the Leech Lake Agency. In 1922, the Leech Lake Agency was merged with the Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Nett Lake, and [[White Earth Indian Agency (Minnesota)|White Earth]] Agencies to form the [[Consolidated Chippewa Indian Agency (Minnesota)|Consolidated Chippewa Agency]].  

[[Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900|''Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900'']] have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of Microcopy Number M1070. The reports for Leech Lake Agency, 1899, are on roll 24 of that Microcopy set. Copies are available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=403511&disp=Reports+of+inspection+of+the+field+juris++ microfilm roll number 1617697]).  

Microfilm copies of [[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports...'']] for the Leech Lake Agency, 1907-1938, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, roll 78, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=479404&disp=Superintendents+annual+narrative+and+sta++ microfilm number 1724296]).<br>  

Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1899-1922. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 243 thru 247. 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=240&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=297519&disp=Indian%2Bcensus%2Brolls%252C%2B1885%252D1940%2B%2B&last=339&columns=*%2C0%2C0 microfilm roll numbers 576932-576936]). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.