Michigan Indian Agency

The Michigan Agency is a currently operating agency in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Its supervising office it the Minneapolis Area Office.

History
The Michigan Agency was established about 1934 and is located in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

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.

Some tribal council and community meeting files for the Michigan Agency, 1934-1970, are in the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago.