Green Bay Indian Agency (Wisconsin)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Menominee, Winnebageo, Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Oneida, and the Stockbridge, Munsee, and Brotherton Indians

History
The Green Bay Agency was established in 1815 for the tribes living in the area of Green Bay, Wisconsin, including the Menominee, Winnebageo, Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Oneida, and the Stockbridge, Munsee, and Brotherton Indians who had moved in from New York.

In 1829, a separate Fort Winnebago subagency was established for the Winnebago Indians and in 1831, the Rock River Subagency was also established

See also Keshena Agency

Records
Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Green Bay Agency, 1824-1880, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Rolls 315-336. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their microfilm roll numbers 1661045 thru 1661066).

A few textual records for this agency have been transferred to the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago.

Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900 have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of Microcopy Number M1070. The reports for Green Bay Agency, 1873-1899, are on rolls 18-19 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 microfilm roll numbers 1617691-1617692).

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1885, 1888-1889, and from 1891 thru 1908. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 172 thru 174. 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 microfilm roll numbers 576861-576863). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.