National Archives at Chicago

La Pointe Agency Records

In 1858, an agency was established for the Chippewa of Lake Superior, who for five years had been under the Mackinac Agency. The new agency's correspondence was filed under "La Pointe," although it was not located at La Pointe and was known for several years as the Chippewa of Lake Superior Agency or the Lake Superior Agency. By 1865, now known as the La Pointe Agency, although it operated from Superior, Wisconsin, from the Red Cliff Reservation, or from Bayfield, Wisconsin, opposite La Pointe. The Indians assigned to La Pointe were than living on several reservations in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1927, the La Pointe Agency, the Laona Agency, the Red Cliff Agency, and the Mackinac Agency consolidated into the Lac du Flambeau Agency, effective July 1, 1927.

General Records

Administrative Correspondence, 1870-1913. National Archives Identifier 5730231

Calendar of Letters Received by Superintendent P. S. Everest, 1926-1931. National Archives Identifier 5730248

Circulars, 1909-1923. National Archives Identifier 127539813

Correspondence of the Superintendent, 1914-1924. National Archives Identifier 5730245

Correspondence with the Department, 1914-1921. National Archives Identifier 5730247

Decimal Correspondence Files, 1918-1922. National Archives Identifier 128215653

Letters Received by the Agent, 1871-1914. National Archives Identifier 6107022

Letters Received from Bad River Reservation, 1879-1924. National Archives Identifier 5729493

Letters Received from Fond du Lac Reservation, 1884-1914. National Archives Identifier 6106985

Letters Received from Grand Portage Reservation, 1881-1913. National Archives Identifier 5729489

Letters Received from Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, 1881-1914. National Archives Identifier 5729543

Letters Received from Lac du Flambeau Reservation and School, 1885-1914. National Archives Identifier 5729554

Letters Received from Red Cliff Reservation, 1882-1914. National Archives Identifier 5729852

Letters Received from the Commissioner, 1869-1914. National Archives Identifier 6112346

Letters Received from Vermillion Lake Reservation, 1881-1906. National Archives Identifier 5729853

Letters Received Regarding Minnesota Agencies, 1906-1914. National Archives Identifier 5729855

Press Copies of General Letters Sent, 1881-1914. National Archives Identifier 5729859

Press Copies of Letters Sent to the Commissioner, 1878-1914. National Archives Identifier 6112347

Registers of Letters Received, 1913-1926. National Archives Identifier 6115841

Administrative Records

Administrative Records of the Bad River Reservation, 1894-1918. National Archives Identifier 5730315

Administrative Records of the Grand Portage Reservation, 1891-1912. National Archives Identifier 5730293

Administrative Records of the Fond du Lac Reservation, 1888-1909. National Archives Identifier 5730320

Administrative Records of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, 1883-1915. National Archives Identifier 5730314

Administrative Records of the Lac du Flambeau Agency, 1888-1914. National Archives Identifier 5730313

Administrative Records of the Red Cliff Reservation, 1883-1912. National Archives Identifier 5730292

Annual Reports, 1911-1926. National Archives Identifier 5730267

Census Rolls for the Fond du Lac Band, 1878. National Archives Identifier 131043902

Census Rolls for the Lac Courte Oreilles, April 3, 1877. National Archives Identifier 4713152

Census Rolls for the Red Cliff Band, 1878-1897. National Archives Identifier 131047429

Descriptive Statement of Government Buildings, September 30, 1878-March 30, 1907. National Archives Identifier 5730338

Efficiency Reports on Employees, 1897-1926. National Archives Identifier 5730270

Employee Leave Records, 1909-1927. National Archives Identifier 5730287

Estimates of Goods and Supplies, 1906. National Archives Identifier 126750939

Letters Received by the Government Farmer at Lac du Flambeau, 1895-1906. National Archives Identifier 155825340

Lists of Positions and Salaries, 1898-1912. National Archives Identifier 5730271

Press Copies of Census Rolls to Lake Superior Chippewa, 1887-1893. National Archives Identifier 5730266

Press Copies of Certificates of Inspection, 1884-1904. National Archives Identifier 5730336

Record of Employees, 1883-1927. National Archives Identifier 5730269

Records of the Disbursing Officer, 1908-1927. National Archives Identifier 5730288

Records of Marriages Performed for the Lac du Flambeau Band, 1895-1901. National Archives Identifier 139702747

Reports of Changes in Employees, 1913-1927. National Archives Identifier 5730274

Reports on Timber Operations, 1907-1923. National Archives Identifier 5730330

Legal and Legislative Records

Claims by Merchants Against Indians, 1911. National Archives Identifier 131493869

Records of Heirship Fees, 1919-1925. National Archives Identifier 5730654

Records Related to Heirship Examinations (Records of W. O. Goodman, Examiner of Inheritance), 1908-1926. National Archives Identifier 5730655

Settlements of Estates, 1913-1920. National Archives Identifier 5730690

Summaries of Estate Hearings (Estates & Heirship Hearings Worksheets), 1911-1929. National Archives Identifier 5730656

Financial Records

Abstracts of Financial Property Returns, 1874-1922. National Archives Identifier 126750909

Analyzed Reports of Liabilities, 1917-1920. National Archives Identifier 127539884

Bank and Treasury Account Statements, 1916-1920. National Archives Identifier 124450953

Cash Account Receipts, 1896-1907. National Archives Identifier 122225537

Check Register, 1917-1922. National Archives Identifier 5730546

Employees Payrolls, June 1874-September 1912. National Archives Identifier 5730344

Journals of Receipts and Disbursements, 1875-1911. National Archives Identifier 5730558

Journals of Receipts and Expenditures, 1885-1927. National Archives Identifier 5730563

Journal of Sundry Payments to the Red Cliff Band, 1902-1908. National Archives Identifier 131051883

Letters Received Regarding Accounts, 1897-1923. National Archives Identifier 5730343

Property Accounting Records, 1874-1922. National Archives Identifier 5730341

Records of Authorities, 1909-1916. National Archives Identifier 5730572

Records of Receipts and Disbursements under Various Funds and Appropriations, 1909-1918. National Archives Identifier 5730562

Records of Statements Rendered for the Lac du Flambeau Band, 1902-1903. National Archives Identifier 139055047

Records Related-Liberty Bond Purchases and Payments, 1916-1922. National Archives Identifier 124453301

Registers of Financial Transactions (La Pointe), 1925-1927. National Archives Identifier 5730548

Report of Checks Issued, August 1911-December 1911. National Archives Identifier 5730547

Report of Irregular Employees (“Receipt Roll”), December 1879-June 1907. National Archives Identifier 5730357

Trial Balances of Appropriation Ledgers, 1918-1922. National Archives Identifier 127539878

Records of Trust Responsibilities

Abstracts of Individual Indians Bank Accounts, December 31, 1915-December 31, 1918. National Archives Identifier 5730578

Abstracts of Individual Indian Moneys and Special Deposits, September 30, 1918-December 31, 1918. National Archives Identifier 5730576

Accounts of Expenditures for Individual Indians, 1904-1928. National Archives Identifier 5730603

Annuity Pay Rolls, Bois Fort Band, 1882. National Archives Identifier 131043901

Application for Expenditure of Funds for Individual Indians, Feb. 1908-Dec. 1910, National Archives Identifier 5730605

Applications for Patents in Fee, 1906-1927. National Archives Identifier 5730658

Bank Ledgers of Individual Indian Accounts, 1908-1918. National Archives Identifier 5730594

Correspondence Related to Indian Money Accounts, 1898-1925. National Archives Identifier 5730575

Index to Allotment Sales, 1913-1915. National Archives Identifier 5730611

Index to Annuity Records, 1924-1931. National Archives Identifier 5730653

Individual Indian Bank Account Records, 1903-1927. National Archives Identifier 122225603

Individual Indian Money Authorizations, 1916-1929. National Archives Identifier 5730592

Individual Indian Money Account Ledgers, 1907-1927. National Archives Identifier 127539860

Issues to Indians of Annuity Goods and Supplies, Red Cliff Band, 1879. National Archives Identifier 131043641

Ledger of Applications for Expenditures, 1908-1911. National Archives Identifier 5730607

Ledger of Withdrawals, 1904-1920. National Archives Identifier 5730608

Plat Records, 1878-1915. National Archives Identifier 5730660

Records Related to Bank Bonds, 1909-1928. National Archives Identifier 5730657

Registration Lists, 1905. National Archives Identifier 5730609

Schedule and Voucher for Sales of Land or Timber, March 31, 1917-December 31, 1918. National Archives Identifier 5730665

Schedule of Land Allotments for the Bad River Band, 1893 and 1903. National Archives Identifier 147968314

Schedule of Land Allotments for the Bois Forte Band, 1897. National Archives Identifier 147969767

Schedule of Land Allotments for the Lac du Flambeau Band, 1893, 1903. National Archives Identifier 147968312

Schedule of Land Allotments for the Red Cliff Band, 1893. National Archives Identifier 131047422

Transfer Ledger for the Fond du Lac Band, 1908-1909. National Archives Identifier 138925546

Trial Balances for Individual Indian Accounts, 1910-1912. National Archives Identifier 5730590

Trial Balance Registers for the Red Cliff Band, 1897-1909. National Archives Identifier 131043412

Records of Tribal Resources

Authorizations for Timber Sales, 1894-1905. National Archives Identifier 5730663

Correspondence of the Forester, 1911-1956. National Archives Identifier 5730743

Ledgers of Timber Accounts, 1886-1911. National Archives Identifier 5730573

Ledgers of Timber and Land Accounts, 1895-1912. National Archives Identifier 5730739

Monthly Statements of Timber Credits, 1894-1905. National Archives Identifier 5730734

Press Copies of Letters Related to Timber Contracts, 1894-1895. National Archives Identifier 131053607

Receipts for Patents, 1884-1905. National Archives Identifier 5730742

Records of Indian Allotment Lands, undated. National Archives Identifier 5730689

Records of Patents Issued and Approved, 1920-1930. National Archives Identifier 5730740

Records of Timber Cruises, 1908-1913. National Archives Identifier 5730705

Records of Timber Cut, 1899-1923. National Archives Identifier 5730698

Records Related to Timber Contracts, 1907-1922. National Archives Identifier 5730661

Scale Books of Logs Purchased from the Red Cliff Band, 1897-1911. National Archives Identifier 125849559

Scaling Book, 1886-1887. National Archives Identifier 5730723

Scalers Reports from the La Pointe, Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, and Tomah Reservations, 1908-1923. National Archives Identifier 125962856

Schedule of Timber Cut, Bad River Band, 1908-1911. National Archives Identifier 125962891

Survey of Timber on Indian Lands, undated. National Archives Identifier 5730738

Timber Contracts, Bad River, 1883-1920. National Archives Identifier 5730692

Timber Contracts, Fond du Lac, 1884-1887. National Archives Identifier 5730693

Timber Contracts, Lac Courte Oreilles, 1883-1898. National Archives Identifier 5730694

Timber Contracts, Lac du Flambeau, 1886-1905. National Archives Identifier 5730695

Timber Contracts, Red Cliff, 1882-1884. National Archives Identifier 5730696

Timber Estimates, 1912-1913. National Archives Identifier 5730720

Records Relating to Health and Welfare

Monthly Sanitary Reports of Diseases & Injuries, March 21, 1896-September 1901. National Archives Identifier 5730744

Records Relating to Education

Applications for Enrollment at Non-reservation Schools, 1906-1926. National Archives Identifier 5730748

Card Index of All Indian Children for the Red Cliff Band, 1923-1926. National Archives Identifier 124450698

School Reports, 1873-1897. National Archives Identifier 5730746

Quarterly Report of School Employees, March 1885-March 1902. National Archives Identifier 5730749