Fort Totten Indian Agency (North Dakota)

Fort Totten Indian School was founded in 1890. In 1906, it was merged with the Devils Lake Agency and the name of the agency was changed to the Fort Totten Indian Agency. The new agency inherited the records of Devils Lake and continued to compile records as outlined by the Office of Indian Affairs (later the Bureau of Indian Affairs). Some of the historical textual records are now housed at the Central Plains Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Kansas City. Among those records, of particular value for genealogical and historical research, are:


 * Sanitary reports, 1876-1905
 * Record of employees, 1883-1913
 * Records relating to land allotments, 1890-1906
 * Lists of students arriving and departing, 1897-1910
 * Student record folders, ca. 1910-35
 * Birth and death certificates, 1919-45
 * Birth and death registers, 1924-33
 * Vital statistics register, 1927-30
 * Burial and removal permits, 1934-40