Munsee Tribe

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Guide to Munsee Tribe ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and other agency records.

Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]

1730's the fraudulent treaty - the Walking Purchase deprived the Munsee tribe of most of its land and they began a westward trek in 1740. the Munsee made several removal and merged with a number of other Indian tribes. The largest group is the Stockbridge-Munsee community in Wisconsin.

Additional References to the History of the Tribe[edit | edit source]

Frederick Webb Hodge, in hisHandbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Munsee tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Reservations[edit | edit source]

Records[edit | edit source]

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

A roll of Munsee Indians was taken on 3 September 1839 and is available online.

The names of the Stockbridge Indians who signed the Treaty of 5 February 1856, separating themselves from the Stockbridge Tribe and allying themselves with the Munsee tribe, is also available online.

Agencies[edit | edit source]

Six Nations Agency

Green Bay Agency

Fort Leavenworth Agency

Superintendencies[edit | edit source]

Records for Superintendencies exist in the National Archives and copies of many of them are also available in other research facilities.

Michigan Superintendency

Wisconsin Superintendency

St. Louis Superintendency

Central Superintendency

Agency Records[edit | edit source]

Correspondence and Census[edit | edit source]

Tribe	Agency	Location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number	FHL Film Number	Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693 Roll Number	FHL Film Number
Munsee	Potawatomi Agency, 1851-1902	Washington D.C. and Fort Worth	Rolls 678-95	-	Rolls 392	FHL Films 580771-580774
Munsee, East	Green Bay and Menoninee, 1865-1902	Chicago	Rolls 325-36	-	-	FHL Films 576861-576863
Munsee, Kansas	Ft. Leavenworth Agency, 1839-51	Washington D.C.	Rolls 301-03	-	-	-
Munsee, Kansas	Kansas Agency, 1851-55	Washington D.C.	Roll 364	-	-	-
Munsee, Kansas	Delaware Agency, 1855-59	Washington D.C.	Rolls 274-75	-	-	-
Munsee, Kansas	Sac and Fox Agency, 1859-69	Washington D.C.	Rolls 734-38	-	-	FHL Films 581444-581449
Munsee, Kansas	Ottawa Agency, 1863-64	Washington D.C.	Roll 656	-	-	-
Munsee, Kansas	Pottawatomi Agency, ca. 1876-80	Washington D.C.	Rolls 692-95	-	-	-FHL Films 580771-580774

Treaties[edit | edit source]

1792
1794 December 2, at Oneida
1805 With the Wyandot, Etc.
1832 October 27, at Green Bay,
1838 January 15, at Buffalo Creek, with the New York Indians
1839 September 3, with the Stockbridge and Munsee
1848 November 24, at Stockbridge
May 6, 1854, Munsee - Christian Delaware
1856 February 5, with the Stockbridge and Munsee
1859 With the Chippewa, Etc.,

Lots entered by Individuals of the Stockbridge and Munsee Tribe of Indians in conformity to Article 3d. Treaty of February 5th, 1856. The Journal of American Indian Research.Ed. Larry S. Watson. Vol. 11 No. 2 1990 pages 19-24 FHL 970.1 J825j

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Potawatomi 1918-1935 FHL film: 580774
Sac and Fox, Iowa, 1924-1932 FHL film: 581446

Important Web Sites[edit | edit source]

Munsee Indian Tribe History, by Frederick Webb Hodge.
Christian Munsee Wikipedia

References[edit | edit source]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.

Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean

Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America

Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau

Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands

Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .

Volume 1 -- Not yet published

Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751

Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371

Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.

Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.

Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.

Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311

Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.

Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.

Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.

Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.

Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.

Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643

Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176

Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.

Volume 16 -- Not yet published

Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746

Volume 18 -- Not yet published

Volume 19 -- Not yet published

Volume 20 -- Not yet published

Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006.