Records Relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps--Indian Division, 1949–ca. 1980

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Records Relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps--Indian Division, 1949–ca. 1980

1949-ca. 1980

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/60475962

This series consists of records relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps--Indian Division (CCC-ID). The records were submitted to the Minneapolis Area Office by Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agencies under its oversight, including the Consolidated Chippewa Agency; the Keshena Agency; Pipestone Indian School; the Red Lake Agency; Tomah Indian School and Agency; and the Sac and Fox Agency. The records provide information on CCC-ID projects undertaken on the Grand Portage Reservation; the White Earth Indian Reservation; the Leech Lake Indian Reservation; the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation; the L'Anse Reservation; the Bad River Indian Reservation; and the Menominee Indian Reservation. The projects include construction of buildings, dams, roads, fish hatcheries, bridges, forest nurseries, and telephone service. The records also provide information on meetings and CCC-ID safety committees. The records include letters received and copies of letters sent, memorandums, and telegrams. The correspondents include local, area, and headquarters BIA officials. The records include photographs; newsletters; clippings; bidding documents; minutes; financial records; blueprints; building plans; plats and maps; manuals; work plans; and reports. A sample of jack pine needles is contained in the files.

13 linear feet, 6 linear inches

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National Archives at Kansas City

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SNAC Resource ID: 11668597

National Archives at Kansas City

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Tomah Indian Industrial School (Tomah, Wis.)

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The Tomah Indian School was authorized as a nonreservation boarding school in 1891 and opened in 1893. The Tomah Indian School was given agency duties in 1911 for the Hocak (Winnebago) Indians of Wisconsin. Agency duties were transferred to the Grand Rapids Agency in 1916, but in 1927 that agency-level jurisdiction was consolidated with the Tomah School, which regained its agency status. Between 1932 and 1935, the Tomah School took over responsiblity for the Oneida, Stockbridge, and Munsee India...

Pipestone Indian Industrial Training School

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Indian industrial training school opened by the U.S. government in 1893 in Pipestone, Minn., to assimilate Indian children into white society rhrough education and industrial training; school grew from a single building to 55 buildings, with a decline and final closure to to changes in Indian policy in the 1950s. From the description of Records, 1912-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70948737 ...