View source for La Pointe Indian Agency (Wisconsin)

=== 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 [http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/finding-aids/la-pointe-agency.html records of the La Pointe Agency] are in the Great Lake Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago, including<ref>Guide to Archival Holdings, Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago, [http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/finding-aids/la-pointe-agency.html available online].</ref>: 

*School reports, 1873-1897 
*Quarterly reports of school employees, 1885-1902 
*Sanitary reports of diseases and injuries, 1896-1901 
*Applications for enrollment at non reservation schools, 1906-1926 
*Settlements of estates, 1913-1920 
*And correspondence, administrative, and financials records, 1869-1930

[[Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880|''Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs'']] from the La Pointe Agency, 1831-1880, have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Rolls 387-400<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M234, p. 8.</ref>. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their {{FHL|403528|title-id|disp=microfilm roll numbers 1661117 thru 1661130}}. 

[[Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900|''Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900'']] have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of Microcopy Number M1070. The reports for La Pointe Agency, 1873-1900, are on rolls 22-24 of that Microcopy set<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M1070, p. 48.</ref>. Copies are available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their {{FHL|403511|title-id|disp=microfilm roll numbers 1617695-1617697}}). 

Microfilm copies of [[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|...Narrative and Statistical Reports..]]. for the La Pointe Agency, 1907-1927, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Rolls 77-78<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M1011, p. 27.</ref>, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their {{FHL|479404|title-id|disp=microfilm numbers 1724295-1724296}}.<br> 

Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1886 thru 1927. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 234 thru 242<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M595, p. 51.</ref>. 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 {{FHL|297519|title-id|disp=microfilm roll numbers 576923-576931}}). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.