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Native American Records on Microfilm at the National Archives

Pacific Sierra Region

CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICANS

M595 INDIAN CENSUS ROLLS, 1884-1940 [This office holds rolls for California Native Americans.]
cabinet 19 drawer 10 to 11

M1070 REPORTS OF INSPECTIONS OF THE FIELD JURISDICTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1873-1900 [This office holds rolls 3, 19, 43, 44, 53. See also M1070 entry for Nevada.]
cabinet 19 drawer 11

I3 RECORDS OF THE MISSION INDIAN AGENCY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1912-55
ask at reference desk (2234E)

GSU-909228 SPANISH MISSION CENSUSES, 1796-98 [This includes censuses for San Carlos, 1796; San Luis Obispo, 1797-98; Soledad, 1798; and San Antonio, 1798. The quality of the microfilm is poor.]
cabinet 19 drawer 10

I31 CENSUS ROLLS OF THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZED UNDER THE ACT OF MAY 18, 1928 [This indexes I32 below, and includes only those Native Americans who could trace their ancestry to Native Americans living in California in 1852]
ask at reference desk (2234E)

I32 CALIFORNIA INDIAN ENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS, 1928-33 [This is indexed by I32 above.]
ask at reference desk (2234E)

CHEROKEE

A-35 BAKER ROLL OF EASTERN CHEROKEES, 1926-31
cabinet 40 drawer 3

M685 RECORDS RELATING TO ENROLLMENT OF EASTERN CHEROKEE BY GUION MILLER, 1908-1910
cabinet 50 drawer 3

T496 CENSUS ROLL OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND INDEX TO THE ROLL, 1835
cabinet 40 drawer 3

7RA7 CHEROKEE CENSUS, 1880
cabinet 62 drawer 3

7RA8 CHEROKEE CENSUS, 1890
film is in a box at the reference desk

M1104 EASTERN CHEROKEE APPLICATIONS OF THE US COURT OF CLAIMS, 1906-1909 [THIS OFFICE HOLDS ROLL 1 ONLY]
cabinet 40 drawer 3

M1650 APPLICATIONS FROM THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, MUSKOGEE AREA OFFICE, RELATING TO ENROLLMENT IN THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES UNDER THE ACT OF 1896
cabinet 19 drawer 11

7RA6 EASTERN CHEROKEE ROLL (SILER ROLL), 1848-52
cabinet 61 drawer 5

7RA55 CHEROKEE CENSUS OF INTRUDERS, 1893
cabinet 61 drawer 5

CHICKASAW

7RA21 CHICKASAW ROLLS, 1878 & 1890
cabinet 61 drawer 5

CREEK

T275 CENSUS OF CREEK INDIANS TAKEN BY PARSONS AND ABBOTT IN 1832
cabinet 40 drawer 3

7RA69 CREEK ROLL (COLBERT ROLL), 1896
cabinet 49 drawer 3

FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES - CHEROKEE, CHICKASAW, CREEK, CHOCTAW, AND SEMINOLE

M1186 ENROLLMENT CARDS FOR THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, 1898-1914
cabinet 40 drawer 7 to 8

7RA98 DECISIONS OF THE US COURT IN DAWES ENROLLMENT CASES, 1897-99
cabinet 61 drawer 5

7RA92 REPORT ON ENROLLMENT - FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, 1909
cabinet 62 drawer 2

7RA32 INDEX TO ORDERS FOR REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS
n.d. on Bill's shelf

KICKAPOO

7RA111 RECORDS RELATING TO RECOVERY OF KICKAPOO ALLOTMENTS - SHAWNEE AGENCY, 1911-14 cabinet 62 drawer 2

NEVADA NATIVE AMERICANS

M595 INDIAN CENSUS ROLLS, 1884-1940 [This office holds rolls for Nevada Native Americans] cabinet 19 drawer 10 to 11 M1070 REPORTS OF INSPECTIONS OF THE FIELD JURISDICTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1873-1900 [This office holds rolls 3, 29, 31, and 56. See also M1070 entry for California.] cabinet 19 drawer 11

NEW YORK NATIVE AMERICANS

PI163, ENTRY 901 RECORDS RELATING TO KANSAS CLAIMS OF NEW YORK INDIANS: INDEXES TO NAMES OF CLAIMANTS, VOLUME 2
cabinet 49 drawer 2

OSAGE

7RA35 OSAGE AGENCY ANNUITY ROLLS, 1870-77
cabinet 61 drawer 5

7RA198 RECORDS OF THE OSAGE ALLOTTING COMMISSION, 1906-09
cabinet 61 drawer 5

PUEBLO

M846 SCHEDULES OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE CENSUS OF 1885 [Roll 6 - Taos Pueblo]
cabinet 19 drawer 10

QUAPAW

7RA36 RECORDS OF THE QUAPAW COMPETENCY COMMISSION, MIAMI AGENCY - ALLOTTEE EXAMINATION REPORTS, 1910-11
cabinet 49 drawer 3

OTHER RECORDS

I16 SPECIAL CASE 188: THE GHOST DANCE, 1890-98 ask at reference desk