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{{American Indian Genealogy Sidebar}}''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Census|U.S. Census]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indian Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[American_Indian_Census_Rolls|Census Rolls]]''<br><br> | |||
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| {{Click|Image:AI_ORP.png|American Indian Online Genealogy Records|left}}{{DCfollowup}}<br><br>'''[[Image:Crow indians Painted image of Crow Indians.jpg|thumb|right|330px]](Not to be confused with [[United States Census Indian Schedules]].)''' An Act of Congress of July 4, 1884 (23 Stat. L, 98) required the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to begin recording an annual census on most Indian reservations in the United States. Beginning in 1885, therefore, BIA agents began doing so on special forms. Not all reservations were included as some tribes were exempted from this law. A few agents were inconsistent in creating the records annually. Agents were requied to take a census once a year, and correct and certify the roll for each annuity pament, by adding the births and subtracting the deaths. [[Image:Indian 1915 census.jpg|thumb|right|330px]] | |||
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Census-like information is also included in [[American Indian Annuity Rolls|annuity rolls]], enrollment records, removal records, and claims records. Often these records are called census records when, in fact, they are not and were compiled for other purposes. | Census-like information is also included in [[American Indian Annuity Rolls|annuity rolls]], enrollment records, removal records, and claims records. Often these records are called census records when, in fact, they are not and were compiled for other purposes. | ||
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[[Category:Indians_of_the_United_States|Census Rolls]] | [[Category:Indians_of_the_United_States|Census Rolls]] | ||