Winnebago Indian Agency (Minnesota)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Winnebago

History
The heading "Winnebago" was not used regularly for the correspondence relating to the principal agency for the Wennebago Indians until 1847. The correspondence dated before 1830 relates to Winnebago Indians rather than to the affairs of any one agency. The letters from 1840 to 1836 relate primarily to two sub-agencies for the Winnebago Indians that operated independently of the main agency at Prairie du Chien.

Fort Winnebago Subagency Subagents
John H. Kinzie 1828, Robert A. McCabe 1833

Rock River Subagency Subagents
Henry Gratiot 1831, Thomas A.B. Boyd 1837, David Lowry 1839, James McGregor 1844, Jonathan E. Fletcher 1845.

Winnebago Agents and Appointment Dates
Jonathan E. Fletcher 1848, Abram M. Fridley 1850, Jonathan E. Fletcher 1848, Abram M. Findley 1850, Jonathan E. Fletcher 1853,Charles H. Mix 1858, St. A. D. Balcombe1861, Charles Mathewson 1865, George W. Wilkinson 1869, Howard White 1875.

Records
Agencies and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same. Many of the records of genealogical value (for the tribe and tribal members) were created by and maintained by the agencies.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1904 thru 1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 461-470. 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 ). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

Records Available through the Family History Library
Vital Records part of Indian Census Rolls above


 * Birth and Death records 1924-1931 FHL film 583126


 * Birth and Death records 1925-1932 FHL film 583127