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| == History == | | == History == |
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| | A special agent was appointed in 1864 for the Winnebago and Potawatomi Indians who had gone to Wisconsin to avoid moving to the Crow Creek Reservation in Dakota Territory. This special agency was located at Plover in Portage County until 1869 and then moved to Necedah and then to New Lisbon, in Juneau County. It was abolished in 1870. Most of the Winnebago Indians settled at the Winnebago Reservation in eastern Nebraska, where the Winnebago Agency had moved in 1865. |
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| == Records == | | == Records == |
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| Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Winnebago Agency, 1826-1875, have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M234. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=1000&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=403528&disp=Letters%2Breceived%252C%2B1824%252D1881%253B%2Bregis%2B%2B&last=1099&columns=*%2C0%2C0 microfilm roll numbers 1661661 thru 1661677]. | | Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the several Winnebago Agencies, 1826-1875, have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Rolls 931-947. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=1000&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=403528&disp=Letters%2Breceived%252C%2B1824%252D1881%253B%2Bregis%2B%2B&last=1099&columns=*%2C0%2C0 microfilm roll numbers 1661661 thru 1661677]. |
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| Many of the historical records of the Winnebago Agency have been transferred to the Central Plains Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Kansas City. Records from earlier agencies associated with the Winnebago Agency -- notably the Omaha, Ponca and Santee Sioux Agencies -- are also in this collection of records, sometimes identified under the former name. Some of the records in this collection of significant value to family historians are:
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| *Annuity payrolls, 1861-1926
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| *Family registers and vital statistics, 1863-1926
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| *Land records, 1867-1940
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| *Census rolls, 1869-1928
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| *Allotment records, 1885-1896
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| *School census, 1896-1916
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| *Heirship records, 1899-1915
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| *Birth and death registers, 1900-1926
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| Many of these records have been microfilmed and are also available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Winnebago+Agency&prekeyword=Winnebago+Agency Family History Library] in Salt Lake City, and its family history centers.
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| ''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 Winnebago Agency, 1873-1874, are on roll 58 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 1617731]).<br>
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| Microfilm copies of “Narrative and Statistical Reports” for the Winnebago, 1907-1938, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 169-170, 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&titleno=479404&disp=Superintendents+annual+narrative+and+sta++&first=101&last=200&columns=*,0,0 microfilm numbers 1724387-1724388].<br>
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| Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1904-1907, and 1909-1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 663 thru 670. 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=650&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=297519&disp=Indian%2Bcensus%2Brolls%252C%2B1885%252D1940%2B%2B&last=749&columns=*%2C0%2C0 microfilm numbers 583122-583129]). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.<br>
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| == References == | | == References == |