Records of the Minnesota Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1849-1856 [microform].

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Records of the Minnesota Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1849-1856 [microform].

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Correspondence, accounts, legal papers, petitions, muster rolls, and related records documenting many aspects of the superintendency's administration of the Dakota, Ojibwe, and Winnebago tribes within its jurisdiction, which included present-day Minnesota and eastern North and South Dakota. It was served by the St. Peter's Agency near Fort Snelling and the Winnebago and Chippewa agencies in central Minnesota.

9 microfilm reels.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7315413

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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