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List of Indian Records Available on Microfilm
at the National Archives - Southwest Region
Indian Tribes:
ALABAMA-COUSHATTA (TEXAS)
1931 | List of arrivals. 7RA348, roll 2. |
1936-1938 | Records relating to tribal elections and government. 7RA348, roll 1. |
1942 | Lists of births and deaths. 7RA348, roll 2. |
1944 | Census roll. 7RA348, roll 2. |
1945 | List of Indian students in public schools. 7RA348, roll 2. |
n.d. | Record of Alabama-Coushatta households in Polk County. 7RA348, roll 2. |
APACHE
1895-1939 | Census. Also known as Kiowa Apaches. M595, rolls 211 223. |
ca. 1901 | Allotments. 7RA249, rolls 1-7. |
1914-1939 | Census. Known as Fort Sill Apache or Apache Prisoners of War. M595, rolls 214 223. |
CADDO
1895-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 211 223. |
ca. 1901 | Allotments. 7RA250, rolls 1-3. |
CHEROKEE
1801-1835 | Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee. M208, rolls 1-14 |
1817-1819 | Register of Cherokee Who Wished to Remain in the East A21. |
1817-1838 | Cherokee Emigration Rolls and Muster Rolls. A23 |
1822 | Plots and Surveys of Cherokee Reservations by Robert Armstrong, Surveyor. A22 |
1835 | Index to the Henderson Roll. T496. |
1836 | Cherokee Tennessee and Georgia Valuations. A18 |
1838 | Cherokee Spoliation Decisions. A17 |
1838 | Page Muster Roll of Cherokees Who Wished to Emigrate West of the Mississippi. A42 |
1846-1847 | Cherokee Fourth Board Minutes. A19 |
1848 | Mullay Roll of Eastern Cherokee. 7RA06. |
1851 | Index to the Siler Roll. M685, roll 12. |
1851 | Siler Roll of Eastern Cherokee. 7RA 06. |
1851-1905 | Selected Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs relating to the Cherokees of North Carolina. M1059, rolls 1-7 |
1851 | Chapman Roll of Eastern Cherokee. M685, roll 12. |
1851 | Index to the Drennen Roll. M685, roll 12. |
1852 | Drennen Roll of "Emigrant Cherokee." 7RA01. |
1854 | Supplement to Siler Roll. M685, roll 12 |
1867 | Powell Roll. A29. |
1867 | Tompkins Roll. 7RA04. |
1867-1897 | Freedmen rolls and indexes (includes Wallace Roll). 7RA51, rolls 1 2. |
1871 | Register of Shawnees admitted to Cherokee citizenship. 7RA74, roll 1. |
1878 1889 | Lists of claimants and dockets of the Citizenship Commission. 7RA25, rolls 1 5. |
1880 | Index and census, schedules 1 6. P2072, rolls 1-4. (formerly 7RA07) |
1880 | Payment roll ("Lipe Roll"). 7RA33, rolls 1 2. (No index) |
1881-1882 | Cherokee Students. 7RA91 |
1881 | Roll of North Carolina Cherokees who removed to Cherokee Nation. 7RA74, roll 1. |
1883 | Census. 7RA29, rolls 1-2. |
1883 | Census (an 1897 copy with Sequoyah District missing). 7RA56 rolls 1 2. |
1883 | Payment roll. 7RA57 rolls 1 3. (No index--roughly alphabetical) |
1884 | Index and Hester Roll. M685, roll 12, frames 622-798. |
1886 | Census. 7RA58 rolls 1 2. (Roughly alphabetical) |
1887-1889 | Lists of persons rejected for Cherokee citizenship. 7RA72, roll 1 |
1890 | Census (NO index), schedules 1 6. 7RA08, rolls 1 6. |
1890 | Payroll. 7RA59, rolls 1-2. |
1890-1896 | Index to and Revised Copies of Cherokee Citizenship Rolls Called the "Wallace Rolls," 1890-1896. M1833, roll 1 |
1892-1906 | Cherokees in the Cherokee Outlet. 7RA262, rolls 1-5. |
1893 | Census (includes Delawares, Shawnees, and Freedmen). 7RA54, rolls 1 2. |
1894 | Payment roll and index ("Starr Roll"). 7RA38 rolls 1 5. |
1896 | Index to Old Settlers Payment Roll. T985. |
1896 | Old Settlers Payment Roll. 7RA34. |
1896 | Census. 7RA19. |
1896 | Index to census not including Freedmen. P2136, roll 1 (formerly 7RA71) |
1896 | Applications. M1650, rolls 21-54. |
1896 | Index and Dockets A-C of 1896 Citizenship Cases. 7RA70, rolls 1-2. |
1896 | Census of Shawnee Adopted by the Cherokee Tribe. 7RA26, roll 1. |
1897 | Index to Freedmen Payment Roll. 7RA51, roll 2 |
1897 | Index to Freedmen Strip Payment Roll. 7RA51, roll 2 |
1897 | Freedmen Payment Roll. 7RA51, roll 2. |
1897 | Cherokee Freedmen Payment. A32 |
1897 | Copy of 1890 payroll. 7RA60, rolls 1-3. |
1897 | Northern District Citizenship Case Files. 7RA388, rolls 1-12 |
1897-1899 | Decisions of the U. S. Courts. 7RA98, rolls 1-3 (indexed) |
1897-1913 | Index to Letters Received by the Commission to the 5 Civilized Tribes. M1314, rolls 1-3. |
1898-1914 | Index to Final Roll-- DAWES ROLL. M1186, roll 1 |
1898-1914 | Enrollment cards - DAWES CARDS. M1186, rolls 2 38. |
1898-1914 | Applications for enrollment on the Final Roll DAWES APPLICATIONS. M1301, rolls 174 399. |
1898-1939 | Census. Cherokee (North Carolina). M595 rolls 22 26. |
1899-1905 | Dawes Commission townsite plats. 7RA18, roll 1. |
1900-1907 | Lease royalty records. 7RA30, rolls 3-9. |
1902 | Payroll of Destitute Cherokees. 7RA80, roll 1. |
1907 | Index to rejected applicants. P2089, roll 1 (formerly 7RA24). |
1908-1910 | Index and Guion Miller roll. M685, rolls 1 12. |
1906-1909 | Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims ("Guion Miller applications") M 1104 rolls 1 348. |
1907 | Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (as approved by the Secretary of the Interior on or before March 4, 1908 with supplements dated September 25, 1914) T529, roll 2 |
1910 | Letter Book of Eastern Cherokees of North Carolina. A20 |
1910 | Payment to intermarried whites. 7RA80, roll 1. |
1910 | Index and Cherokee Equalization Payroll. 7RA82, rolls 1 4. |
1912 | Index and payroll. 7RA81, rolls 1 3. |
1917-1918 | Register of Indians in World War I. 7RA347, roll 1 |
1924-1931 | Baker Roll of Eastern Cherokees in North Carolina. A35. |
n.d. | List of "Colored Persons on the Clifton Roll not on 1880 Rolls." 7RA51, roll 2 |
n.d. | Index to orders for removal of restrictions. 7RA297, roll 1. |
CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO (SOUTHERN)
1873 | Field Survey Notes. 7RA154, roll 1. |
1887-1942 | Census. M595, rolls 27 32. |
ca. 1892 | Allotments. 7RA248, rolls 1-7. |
1892-1920 | Annuity rolls of Indians at the Concho Agency. 7RA191, rolls 1 4. |
1901-1902 | Births. 7RA274, roll 1. |
1902-1913 | Marriage Licenses. 7RA274, roll 1. |
1902-1921 | Annuity rolls of Indians at the Seger Agency. 7RA190, roll 1. |
1904-1908 | Unpaid Annuities. 7RA274, roll 1. |
1908-1911 | Records Relating to Allotments. 7RA154, roll 1 |
1908-1917 | Register of Births and Deaths. 7RA274, roll 1. |
1909-1943 | Census. 7RA187, rolls 1-3. |
1911 | Plat Maps. 7RA189, roll 1 |
1911-1921 | Heirship. 7RA274, roll 1. |
ca. 1924-31 | Record of Sales of Allotted Lands. 7RA188, roll 1 |
1926-1947 | Central Files. 7RA155, rolls 1-20. |
1933-1941 | Letters and Correspondence. 7RA186, roll 1 |
1943 | Census. 7RA76, roll 1. |
ca. 1962-65 | Record of denied applicants for tribal membership. 7RA311, roll 1. |
ca. 1967 | Photocopy of tribal membership roll approved by business committee. 7RA311, roll 1. |
N.d. | Allotment Schedule. 7RA154, roll 1. |
CHICKASAW (see also CHOCTAW)
1837-1839 | Muster Roll. A36 |
1847 | Census Roll. A36 |
1848-1860 | Choctaw-Chickasaw Annuity Rolls. NARA35 |
1878 | Census. 7RA21, roll 1. |
1890 | Census. 7RA21, roll 1. |
1893 | Payment roll. 7RA21, roll 2. |
1896 | Index and Dockets A-C of 1896 Citizenship Cases. 7RA70, rolls 1-2. |
1896 | Applications. M1650, rolls 10-12. |
1896 | Census. 7RA21 roll, 2. |
1897 | Census. 7RA21 roll, 2. |
1898-1914 | Index to Final Rolls--DAWES ROLL. M1186, roll 1. |
1898-1914 | Enrollment cards DAWES CARDS. M1186, rolls 67 76. |
1898-1914 | Applications for enrollment on the Final Roll DAWES APPLICATIONS. M1301 rolls 434 468. |
1899-1905 | Dawes Commission townsite plats. 7RA18, roll 1 |
1899-1907 | Index to Choctaw and Chickasaw Allotment Ledgers. 7RA153, rolls 1-2. |
1900-1907 | Lease royalty records. 7RA30, roll 3. |
1902-1904 | Applicants & Dockets of the Choctaw Chickasaw Citizenship Court. 7RA27, rolls 1 2. |
1902-1904 | Choctaw-Chickasaw Citizenship Court case files. 7RA324, rolls 1-20. |
1902-1904 | Letters Sent by Chickasaw Commission. 7RA181, rolls 1-3. |
1902-1907 | Index to Dawes rejected ("R") cards. 7RA147, roll 1. |
1902-1907 | Index to Choctaw Chickasaw allotment ledgers. 7RA153, rolls 1 2. |
1903 | Incompetent payroll. 7RA96, rolls 1-2. |
1904 | Index and townsite fund payroll. 7RA97, roll 1. |
1906-1908 | Choctaw - Chickasaw Annuity Rolls. NARA35 |
1907 | Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (as approved by the Secretary of the Interior on or before March 4, 1907 with supplements dated September 25, 1917) T529, roll 1 |
1908 | Payroll. 7RA 100, roll 1. |
1910 | Equalization payroll. 7RA101, roll 1. |
1912-1924 | Choctaw - Chickasaw Equalization Rolls. NARA 35 |
1917-1918 | Register of Indians in World War I. 7RA347, roll 1 |
1925-1927 | Choctaw - Chickasaw Townsite Pay Annuity Rolls. NARA35 |
n.d. | Lists of citizens and intruders. 7RA21, roll 2. |
n.d. | Index to orders for removal of restrictions. 7RA297, roll 1. |
CHOCTAW (See also CHICKASAW)
N.d. | Alphabetical List of Choctaw Reserves [in the East under provisions of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek]. A37, A38 |
1830 | List of people who remained in Mississippi. 7RA116, roll 1 |
1831 | Armstrong Roll. A39. |
1831-1857 | Choctaw Emigration Lists. A40 |
1848-1860 | Choctaw-Chickasaw Tribes Annuity Rolls. NARA35 |
1855 | Payment roll. 7RA09, roll 1. |
1856 | Cooper Roll. A40 |
1860 | Federal Census of Choctaw Nation (whites only). 7RA142, roll 1. |
1860 | Choctaw Orphan Roll. NARA35. |
1885 | Index to 1885 census. 7RA62, roll 1. |
1885 | Census. M595, roll 623 |
1885 | Census of Choctaw Chickasaw Freedmen. 7RA63, roll 1. |
1889 | Choctaw Freedmen Per Capita Roll. NARA35 |
1893 | Index to Choctaw Payroll. 7RA64, roll 1. |
1893 | Index to Census and List of Orphans. 7RA64, roll 1. |
1893 | Choctaw Payment roll. 7RA65, rolls 1 2. |
1896 | Index and Dockets A-C of 1896 Citizenship Cases. 7RA70, rolls 1-2. |
1896 | Applications. M1650, rolls 2-9. |
1896 | Index and census. 7RA02, rolls 1 4. |
1896 | Census of Choctaw Chickasaw Freedmen. 7RA66, roll 1. |
1896-1899 | Record of Appeals. USC47 |
1898-1914 | Index to Final Rolls--DAWES ROLL. M1186, roll 1. |
1898-1914 | Enrollment cards DAWES CARDS. M1186, rolls 39 56. |
1898-1914 | Applications for enrollment on the Final Roll DAWES APPLICATIONS. M1301, rolls 1 82. |
1899-1905 | Dawes Commission townsite plats. 7RA18, roll 1. |
1899-1907 | Index to Choctaw and Chickasaw Allotment Ledgers. 7RA153, rolls 1-2. |
1900-1907 | Lease royalty records. 7RA30, roll 3. |
1902-1904 | Letters Sent by Chickasaw Commission (Choctaw-Chickasaw Townsites). 7RA181, rolls 1-3 |
1902-1904 | Applicants and Dockets of the Choctaw Chickasaw Citizenship Court. 7RA27, rolls 1 2. |
1902-1904 | Choctaw-Chickasaw Citizenship Court case files. 7RA324, rolls 1-20. |
1902-1907 | Index to Dawes rejected ("R") cards. 7RA147, roll 1. |
1902-1907 | Index to Choctaw Chickasaw allotment ledgers. 7RA153, rolls 1 2. |
1904 | Townsite index and payroll. 7RA83, rolls 1 3. |
1906-1908 | Choctaw - Chickasaw Annuity Rolls. NARA35 |
1906 | Payroll. 7RA84, rolls 1-3. |
1907 | Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (as approved by the Secretary of the Interior on or before March 4, 1907 with supplements dated September 25, 1917) T529, roll 1 |
1908 | Index and payroll. 7RA88, rolls 1-2. |
1910 | Index and equalization payroll. 7RA89, rolls 1-2. |
1910-1934 | Choctaw equalization payrolls. NARA1-34 |
1911 | Index and payroll ($50). 7RA90, roll 1. |
1912-1924 | Choctaw - Chickasaw Equalization Rolls. NARA 35 |
1916 | Index and payroll. 7RA93, roll 1. |
1917 | Index and payroll. 7RA94, rolls 1-2. |
1917-1918 | Register of Indians in World War I. 7RA347, roll 1 |
1925-1927 | Choctaw - Chickasaw Townsite Pay Annuity Rolls. NARA35 |
N.d. | Index to orders for removal of restrictions. 7RA297, roll 1. |
COMANCHE
1895-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 211 223. |
ca. 1901 | Allotments. 7RA249, rolls 1-7. |
CREEK
1795-1816 | Letterbook of the Creek Trading House. M4, roll 1 |
1795-1821 | Records of the Creek Factory of the Office of Indian Trade of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. M1334, rolls 1-13 |
1832 | Census taken by Parson and Abbott. T275, roll 1 |
1857 | Old Settlers Roll. 7RA 326, roll 1. |
1857 | Payroll. 7RA326, roll 1. |
1858 | Payroll. 7RA23, roll 2. |
1867 | Dunn Roll of Citizens. 7RA44, roll 1. |
1869 | Dunn Roll of Freedmen and indexes. 7RA44, roll 1. |
1870 | Roll of Creek Orphans and List of Payments to be made. A41 |
1882 | Census. 7RA43, roll 1. |
1888-1896 | Lists of applicants and docket books of the Creek Citizenship Commission. 7RA68, rolls 1 2. |
1890 | Authenticated Roll. 7RA41, roll 1. |
1890 | Census. 7RA12, roll 1 |
1890 | Payroll. 7RA46, roll 1. |
1891 | Census. 7RA207, roll 1. |
1895 | Census includes omitted and supplemental rolls 7RA12, roll 1 |
1895 | Payment roll. 7RA12, roll 1and 7RA45, roll 1. |
1895 | Census. 7RA207, roll 1 and 7RA45, roll 1. |
1896 | Index and Dockets A-C of 1896 Citizenship Cases. 7RA70, rolls 1-2. |
1896 | Applications. M1650, rolls 19-20. |
1896 | Census (partial). 7RA12, roll 2. |
1896 | Colbert Roll (census). 7RA69, roll 1. |
1896-1900 | Applicants to the Commission for Citizenship. 7RA42, roll 1. |
1897 | Northern District Citizenship Case Files. 7RA388, rolls 1-12 |
1898-1914 | Index to Final Roll--DAWES ROLL. M1186, roll 1. |
1898-1914 | Enrollment Cards DAWES CARDS. M1186, rolls 77 91. |
1898-1914 | Applications for enrollment on the Final Roll DAWES APPLICATIONS. M1301, rolls 402 434. |
1899-1905 | Dawes Commission townsite plats. 7RA18, roll 1. |
1900-1907 | Lease royalty records. 7RA30, rolls 1-2. |
1902-1946 | Records relating to Jackson Barnett, allotted Creek. 7RA99, rolls 1-2 (P2202) |
1903-1906 | Record of bids received on allotted lands. 7RA323, rolls 1-2. |
1903-1921 | Equalization payrolls. 7RA204, rolls 1-6. |
1903 | Loyal Creek payment roll. A43 and A44 |
1904 | Loyal Creek payment roll. 7RA31, roll 1. |
1907 | Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (as approved by the Secretary of the Interior on or before March 4, 1907 with supplements dated September 25, 1917) T529, roll 3 |
1917-1918 | Register of Indians in World War I. 7RA347, roll 1 |
N.d. | Index to orders for removal of restrictions. 7RA297, roll 1. |
DELAWARE
1867 | Census. 7RA73, roll 1. |
1871 | List of Delawares who elected to remove to Indian Territory. 7RA74, roll 1. |
1896 | Census. 7RA26, roll 1. |
1904 | Per capita payroll. 7RA26, roll 1. |
1895-1939 | Census (part of Affiliated Indians). M595, rolls 211 223. |
IOWA
1882-1909 | Annuity Payment Rolls. NARA36 |
1889-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 453 455, 491 496. |
ca. 1891 | Allotments. 7RA255, rolls 1-4. |
1919 | Annuity Payment Rolls, NARA36 |
1930 | Annuity Payment Rolls, NARA36 |
1938 | Index to Enrollees. 7RA235, rolls 1-4. |
KAW
1879-1883 | Issue Register. 7RA342, roll 1. |
1887-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 317 318, 337 343, 390. |
ca. 1903 | Allotments. 7RA251, rolls 1-3. |
KIOWA
1895-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 211 223. |
ca. 1901 | Allotments. 7RA249, rolls 1-7. |
MEXICAN KICKAPOO
1833 | Removal muster roll of Kickapoo and Potawatomi Indians. M1831, roll 1. |
1889-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 257, 463, 490 496. |
1887 | Allotments and Tract Books. 7RA262, rolls 1-5. |
1891 | Census. 7RA235, roll 4. |
1911-1914 | Allotment settlement records. 7RA111, roll 1. |
1938 | Index to Allottees. 7RA235, rolls 1-3. |
MIAMI
1880 | Federal population schedules. 7RA150, roll 1. |
1885-1939 | Census rolls. M595, rolls 411 412, 416. |
ca. 1887 | Western Miami Allotments. 7RA261, rolls 1-2. |
ca. 1900 | Register of Indian families. 7RA150, roll 1. |
1911-1936 | Record of heirship. 7RA150, roll 2. |
MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAW (See also CHOCTAW)
1898-1914 | Index to Final Roll--DAWES ROLL. M1186, roll 1. |
1898-1914 | Enrollment cards DAWES CARDS. M1186, rolls 56 66. |
1898-1914 | Applications for enrollment on the Final Roll DAWES APPLICATIONS. M1301, rolls 82 171. |
1899-1907 | Index to Choctaw "Doubtful" and "Rejected" cards. 7RA147, roll 1. |
1899 | Index and record of testimony. 7RA116, roll 1. |
1899-1904 | Lists of claimants under the treaty of 1830. 7RA116, roll 1. |
1899-1905 | Dawes Commission townsite plats. 7RA18, roll 1 |
1902 | Identified Mississippi Choctaw Enrollment cards. 7RA173, rolls 1-3. |
1904-1914 | Mississippi Choctaw Allotments. 7RA182, roll 3. |
1904 | Lists of persons removed. 7RA116, roll 1. |
1905 | Roll of identified Mississippi Choctaws. 7RA116, roll 1. |
1906-1908 | Choctaw - Chickasaw Annuity Rolls. NARA35 |
1908-1926 | Annuity and Townsite Fund Folls. NARA37 |
1908 | Townsite payroll and index. 7RA107, roll 1. |
1911 | Index and payroll. 7RA108, roll 1. |
1917-1918 | Register of Indians in World War I. M1871, roll 1 (Formerly 7RA347). |
1918-1922 | Annuity Rolls. NARA38 |
1926-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 41 42. |
n.d. | Index to scrip books. 7RA116, roll 1. |
n.d. | Index to field cards. 7RA116, roll 1. |
n.d. | Kinship diagrams in case of Scott S. Dumas, et. al. 7RA116, roll 1. |
n.d. | Lists of identified full blood Mississippi Choctaws. 7RA116, roll 1. |
n.d. | Index to identified Mississippi Choctaws. 7RA174, roll 1. |
n.d. | Index to orders for removal of restrictions. 7RA297, rolls 1 |
MODOC
1885-1939 | Census rolls. M595, rolls 224 228, 411, 488 489. |
ca. 1887 | Allotments. 7RA261, rolls 1-2. |
ca. 1900 | Register of Indian families. 7RA150, roll 1. |
1911-1936 | Record of heirship. 7RA150, roll 2. |
NEZ PERCE
1878 | Census roll. 7RA78, roll 1. |
1890-1939 | Census rolls. M595, rolls 45, 49 56, 145 148, 301 302. |
OSAGE
1846 | Removal muster rolls of New York Indians at the Osage Sub-Agency. M1831, roll 1 |
1870 | Osage Agency, Records of Land, Field Notes. 7RA201, rolls 1-7. |
1878-1907 | Annuity rolls. 7RA35, rolls 1 21. |
1880-1957 | Registers of Letters Received. 7RA160, rolls 1-31. |
1883-1908 | Records Relating to Heath. 7RA161, roll 1. |
1883-1912 | Letters Sent to Indian Office. 7RA175, rolls 1-44. |
1886-1900 | Records of the Land and Realty Division. 7RA163, roll 1. |
1887-1939 | Census rolls. M595, rolls 317 328. |
1890-1916 | Records of the Boarding School. 7RA162, rolls 1-7. |
1896-1915 | Index to Letters. 7RA159, rolls 1-3. |
1901-1903 | Record of marriage licenses. 7RA 197, roll 1. |
1901-1920 | Record of births. 7RA197, roll 1. |
1905, 1908 | Registers of Indian families. 7RA197, roll 2. |
1906 | Allotment schedules. 7RA17, rolls 1-2. |
1906-1908 | Letters of Allotment Commission. 7RA169, rolls 1-10. |
1906-1912 | Heirship record. 7RA164, roll 2. |
1906-1913 | Record of deaths. 7RA164, roll 1. |
1907 | Allotment ledgers. 7RA198, rolls 1-2. |
1908 | Osage Agency, Records of Land, Field Notes. 7RA202, rolls 1-4. |
1908 | Records of Townsite Field Notes. 7RA203, rolls 1-2. |
1909 | List of addresses of allottees. 7RA75, roll 1. |
1901 | Land Reserved for Allotment. 7RA121, roll 1. |
1910-1913 | Record of headright shares. 7RA164, rolls 2 6. |
1911-1922 | Physician's record. 7RA161, roll 2. |
1912-1922 | Probate record. 7RA289, rolls 1-5 |
1913-1922 | Guardianship record. 7RA289, rolls 1-5. |
1916-1950 | Tribal Council Letters. 7RA170, rolls 1-3. |
1920-1944 | Tribal Council Letters. 7RA171, rolls 1-2. |
1940-1954 | Index to Enrolled Tribal Members. 7RA209, rolls 1-3. |
1948-1965 | Index to Certificates of Competency. 7RA208, rolls 1-2. |
1879-83 | Issue Registers. 7RA342, roll 1. |
n.d. | Osage allotment maps. 7RA50, roll 1. |
n.d. | Osage township plat maps. 7RA304, roll 1. |
n.d. | List of allottees. 7RA198, rolls 1-2. |
n.d. | Allotment roll. 7RA198, rolls 1-2. |
OTOE AND MISSOURI
1886-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 329, 337 343, 386 391. |
ca. 1893 | Allotments. 7RA252, rolls 1-4. |
OTTAWA
1837 | Removal muster rolls of Ottawas from Miami, Ohio. M1831, roll 1 |
1870 | Ottawa and Chippewa roll. A50 |
1883 | Census roll. 7RA78, roll 1. |
1885-1939 | Census rolls. M595, rolls 411 416, 488 489. |
ca. 1887 | Allotments. 7RA261, rolls 1-2. |
ca. 1900 | Register of Indian families. 7RA150, roll 1. |
1907 | Durant Roll (Ottawa and Chippewa Tribes of Michigan on 1870 roll and living on March 4, 1907. M2039, rolls 1-4 |
1911-1936 | Record of heirship. 7RA150, roll 2. |
1931-1934 | Supplemental census rolls. 7RA150, roll 1. |
PAWNEE
1886-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 336 343, 386 388. |
ca. 1893 | Record of Pawnee Allotments. 7RA247, roll 1. |
ca. 1893 | Record of Pawnee Allotments. 7RA254, rolls 1-3. |
PEORIA
1883-1888 | Census rolls. 7RA78, roll 1. |
1885-1939 | Census rolls. M595, rolls 411 412, 416, 488 489. |
ca. 1887 | Allotments. 7RA261, rolls 1-2. |
ca. 1900 | Register of Indian families. 7RA150, roll 1. |
1910-1911 | Quapaw Agency Competency Commission. 7RA36, roll 1. |
1911-1936 | Record of heirship. 7RA150, roll 2. |
PONCA
1886-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 337 343, 386 391. |
ca. 1895 | Allotments. 7RA253, rolls 1-2. |
POTAWATOMI (CITIZEN BAND)
1833 | Kickapoo and Potawatomi Indians. M1831, roll 1. |
1836-37 | Removal muster rolls of Potawatomi Indians of Chicago. M1831, roll 1. |
1888 | Claims for shares of Citizen Potawatomi Funds. 7RA199, roll 1. |
1888 | Annuity roll. 7RA199, roll 1. |
1889-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 453 454, 490 496. |
1891 | Allotments. 7RA234, roll 1. |
ca. 1893 | Allotments. 7RA260, rolls 1-4. |
ca. 1894 | Allotments. 7RA262, rolls 1-5 (Prairie Band). |
1907 | Wooster Roll. A54. |
1921-1937 | Census. 7RA235, rolls 1-3. |
1938 | Index to Enrollees. 7RA235, rolls 1-3. |
1964-1988 | Denied Applications for Tribal Membership. 7RA240, rolls 1-3 |
1960 | Annuity roll. 7RA199, roll 1. |
1967 | Annuity roll. 7RA199, roll 1. |
n.d. | Heirship cards. 7RA120, rolls 1 2. |
QUAPAW
1834-35 | Removal muster rolls of Quapaws from Arkansas. M1831, roll 1 |
1897-1883 | Issue Register. 7RA342, roll 1. |
1884-1933 | Census roll. 7RA78, roll 1. |
1885-1939 | Census rolls. M595, rolls 317, 411 416, 488 489. |
ca. 1887 | Allotments. 7RA261, rolls 1-2. |
ca. 1900 | Register of Indian families. 7RA150, roll 1. |
1910-1911 | Quapaw Agency Competency Commission reports. 7RA36, roll 1. |
1911-1936 | Record of heirship. 7RA150, roll 2. |
1931-1934 | Supplemental census rolls. 7RA150, roll 1. |
SAC AND FOX
1855-1882 | Osage River Agency. 7RA109, rolls 1-2. |
1889-1939 | Census rolls. M595, rolls 453 455, 491 496. |
ca. 1891 | Allotments. 7RA255, rolls 1-4. |
1938 | Index to Enrollees. 7RA235, rolls 1-3. |
SEMINOLE
1833 | Removal muster rolls of Apalochicola towns (Seminoles) and slaves. M1831, roll 1 |
1836-37 | Removal muster rolls of Seminoles and slaves. M1831, roll 1 |
1868 | Payment roll. 7RA20, roll 1 and 7RA287, roll 1. |
1895 | Payment rolls. 7RA20, roll 1. |
1895 | Census. 7RA287, roll 1 |
1896 | Index and Dockets A-C of 1896 Citizenship Cases. 7RA70, rolls 1-2. |
1897 | Census roll. 7RA20, roll 1 and 7RA287, roll 1. |
1898-1914 | Index to Final Roll--DAWES ROLL. M1186, roll 1. |
1898-1914 | Enrollment cards DAWES CARDS. M1186, rolls 92 93. |
1898-1914 | Applications for enrollment on the Final Roll DAWES APPLICATIONS. M1301, rolls 400 402. |
1899-1905 | Dawes Commission townsite plats. 7RA18, roll 1. |
1900-1907 | Lease royalty records. 7RA30, roll 2. |
1901 | $14 payroll. 7RA287, roll 1. |
1907 | Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (as approved by the Secretary of the Interior on or before March 4, 1907 with supplements dated September 25, 1917) T529, roll 3 |
1913-1940 | Census. Seminole (Florida). M595, rolls 486 487. |
1917-1918 | Register of Indians in World War I. 7RA347, roll 1 |
n.d. | Index to orders for removal of restrictions. 7RA297, roll 1. |
SENECA
1877-1878 | Census roll. 7RA78, roll 1. |
1885-1939 | Census rolls. M595, rolls 411 416, 488 489. |
ca. 1887 | Allotments. 7RA261, rolls 1-2. |
1890-1893 | Tribal election minute book. 7RA150, roll 3. |
ca. 1900 | Register of Indian families. 7RA150, roll 1. |
1910-1911 | Quapaw Agency Competency Commission reports. 7RA36, roll 1. |
1911-1936 | Record of heirship. 7RA150, roll 2. |
1931-1934 | Supplemental census rolls. 7RA150, roll 1. |
SHAWNEE
1850-1882 | Osage River Agency. 7RA109, rolls 1-2. |
1878-1899 | Annuity rolls of Shawnee and Eastern Shawnee. 7RA78, roll 1. |
1882-1888 | Census rolls of Eastern Shawnee. 7RA78, roll 1. |
1885-1939 | Census rolls of Eastern Shawnee. M595, rolls 411 416, 488 489. |
ca. 1887 | Eastern Shawnee Allotments. 7RA261, rolls 1-2. |
1889-1939 | Census rolls of Absentee Shawnee. M595, rolls 453 454, 490 496. |
ca. 1893 | Absentee Shawnee Allotments. 7RA260, rolls 1-4. |
ca. 1900 | Register of Indian families. 7RA150, roll 1. |
1910-1911 | Quapaw Agency Competency Commission reports (Eastern Shawnee). 7RA36, roll 1. |
1911-1936 | Record of heirship (Eastern Shawnee). 7RA150, roll 2. |
1931-1934 | Supplemental census rolls of Eastern Shawnee. 7RA150, roll 1. |
1964-1988 | Denied applications for tribal membership - Shawnee Agency. 7RA240, rolls 1-3. |
n.d. | Absentee Shawnee Heirship cards. 7RA120, rolls 1 2. |
n.d. | Photostatic copy of 1891 allottee schedule. 7RA234, roll 1. |
TONKAWA
1886-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 338 343, 386 391. |
ca. 1893 | Allotments. 7RA252, rolls 1-4. |
WICHITA
1895-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 211 223. |
ca. 1901 | Allotments. 7RA250, rolls 1-3. |
WYANDOTTE
1843 | Removal muster rolls of Wyandot Indians under their chiefs from Ohio, Michigan, and Canada. M1831, roll 1. |
1871 | Census roll. 7RA78, roll 1. |
1885-1939 | Census. M595, rolls 411 416, 488 489. |
ca. 1887 | Allotments. 7RA261, rolls 1-2. |
1890-1893 | Tribal election minute book. 7RA150, roll 3. |
ca. 1900 | Register of Indian families. 7RA 150, roll 1. |
1911-1936 | Record of heirship. 7RA150, roll 2. |
1931-1934 | Supplemental census rolls. 7RA150, roll 1. |
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S MICROFILM
CAA | Cheyenne and Arapahoes, Rolls 1-51 |
CHL | Chilocco Indian School, Rolls 1-21 |
CHN | Cherokees, Rolls 1-103 |
CIMA | Creek Indian Memorial Association Archives, Rolls 1-2 |
CKN | Chickasaws, Rolls 1-30 |
CRN | Creeks, Rolls 1-51 |
CTN | Choctaws, Rolls 1-90 |
DC | Dawes Commission, Rolls 1-80 |
KA | Kiowa Agency, Rolls 1-101 |
PA | Pawnees, Rolls 1-55 |
QA | Quapaw, Rolls 1-25 |
SFSA | Sac and Fox, Rolls 1-64 |
SMN | Seminoles, Rolls 1-6 |
INDIAN SCHOOLS
1881-1882 | Register of Cherokee students. 7RA91. |
1884-1908 | Chilocco School enrollment registers. 7RA61, roll 1 |
1889-1892 | Descriptive statements of children transferred from the Miami Agency to boarding schools. 7RA150, roll 3. |
1897-1914 | Chilocco School arrivals and departures of students. 7RA149, roll 1. |
1901-1925 | List of employees. 7RA194, roll 1. |
1904 | Chilocco Indian School Journals. 7RA87, rolls 1-11. |
1905-1913 | Records of the St. Johns Boarding School. 7RA165, roll 1. |
1905-1922 | Quarterly reports - Osage Boarding School. 7RA164, roll 4. |
1905-1946 | Records of the St. Louis Mission School. 7RA166, rolls 1-3. |
1905-1922 | Osage School student registers and enrollment records. 7RA162, 7 rolls |
1910-1925 | Chilocco Report of Attendance by Tribes. 7RA79, roll 1 |
1911-1942 | Euchee School records relating to enrollment and attendance. 7RA246, roll 1. |
1916-1938 | Chilocco School record of grades ("checkerboard grades"). 7RA123, rolls 1-4. |
1922-1926 | Chilocco School class grades. 7RA148, roll 1. |
1924-1954 | Index to Osage School Age Children (School Census Cards). 7RA-210, rolls 1-4. |
1925-1935 | Chilocco Indian School, Semi Annual Attendance. 7RA122, rolls 1-2. |
1963-1967 | Anadarko, Education Records. Indian School Newspaper. 7RA157, rolls 1-2. |
NON INDIANS IN INDIAN TERRITORY
1860 | Federal population schedules: Free schedules. M653, roll 52. Slave schedules. M653, roll 54. |
1860 | Federal Census of Choctaw Nation (whites only). 7RA142, roll 1. |
1880 | Cherokee census schedules 3 6. 7RA07, roll 4. |
1884-1889 | Miami labor permits. 7RA150, roll 1. |
1886-1900 | Osage permit records. 7RA163, roll 1. |
1890 | Cherokee census schedules 3 6. 7RA08, rolls 5 6. |
1890-1907 | Marriage Licenses and Certificates from South McAlester. 7RA244, rolls 1-13. |
1893 | Cherokee census of intruders. 7RA55, roll 1. |
1900 | Federal population census: Soundex index. T1082, rolls 1 42. Schedules. T623, rolls 1843 1854. |
1901-1909 | Index and dockets of intruder cases. 7RA53, rolls 1 8. |
1909 | Guion Miller Roll of Cherokees (contains the names of many people who were rejected). M685, rolls 1 12. |
n.d. | Chickasaw list of intruders. 7RA21, roll 2. |
For further information, see:
- Descriptive Pamplet for Microfilm M595, Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
- Fort Worth Regional Archives
- Search NARA's Online Microfilm Catalog
- Wantabes and Outbacks: Searching for Indian Ancestors in Federal Records
- Essentials of Indian Citizenship, Tracing your Indian Ancestors, from Oklahoma Historical Society web site
- Links to other Native American resources
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