Red Cliff Agency Records
Red Cliff Agency, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Indians from Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwa (also known as Chippewa), were under the jurisdiction of the La Pointe Agency beginning in 1865. In 1889, the Red Cliff Day School opened, located near Bayfield, Wisconsin. In 1912, the school became part of the new Red Cliff Agency. The agency jurisdiction ended in 1922, with the school eventually closing in 1923. From 1922 until 1927, the Red Cliff once again became part of the La Pointe Agency. In 1927, the Lac du Flambeau Agency absorbed the La Pointe Agency until in 1936, the Lac du Flambeau Agency became part of the Great Lakes Agency. In 1949, The Great Lakes Agency merged with the Tomah Agency forming the Great Lakes Consolidated Agency.
I. General Records
II. Administrative Records
III. Financial Records
IV. Records Relating to Trust Responsibilities
V. Records Relating to Tribal Resources
Timber Operations, 1901-1920 (National Archives Identifier 82927277)
VI. Records Relating to Education
VII. Maps and Charts
Map of the Red Cliff Reservation, 1912 (National Archives Identifier 82920886)
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