American Indian Census Records on Microfilm
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The records included on the American Indian Census list can be viewed on microfilm in the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center. This list contains records pertaining to censuses, citizenship cases, emigration lists, per capita/annuity payments, births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and school/pupil enrollment.
These records are not limited to tribes in Oklahoma. The National Archives microfilm collection also holds census records for tribes in other regions, such as the Spokane Agency, Washington, located in the Northwest Region.
Tribes are listed under their present-day federally recognized name. Indian agencies, however, are listed as they were shown on the original records.
*Please note that list was compiled to help researchers locate records. At this time these materials are only available on microfilm. Due to limited staff, we are unable to search for specific names. Researchers are welcome to visit the Research Center and view these materials free of charge. Some records have been indexed and can be searched by name on the American Indian Archives Card Index.
School Lists
Researchers may find school records listed within multiple agencies. In general, school records kept by an Indian agency will pertain to students from that agency. For example, records of the Carlisle Indian School (operated in Carlisle, Pennsylvania) can be found in the records of the Kiowa Agency, Pawnee Agency, Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, and Sac and Fox and Shawnee Agency. Each of these agencies kept records and letters of enrolled pupils from their tribe who attended the Carlisle Indian School.
Available Records
Browse Tribes Related to Oklahoma
Click on the name of tribe, school, or agency to view a list of records available on microfilm.
| Tribe | Allotment | Birth | Census | Citizenship | Death | Divorce | Marriage | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absentee Shawnee | 1 | 31 | 1 | |||||
| Apache | 3 | 60 | 1 | |||||
| Arapaho | 6 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bloomfield Seminary | 1 | |||||||
| Caddo | 1 | 32 | 1 | |||||
| Cherokee | 82 | 53 | 24 | 42 | 16 | |||
| Cherokee Freedmen | 7 | |||||||
| Cheyenne | 6 | 1 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Cheyenne and Arapaho | 21 | |||||||
| Chickasaw | 44 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 55 | |||
| Chickasaw Freedmen | 3 | |||||||
| Chilocco Indian School | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | ||
| Chippewa | 11 | |||||||
| Choctaw | 211 | 25 | 31 | 61 | 41 | |||
| Choctaw Freedmen | 5 | 18 | ||||||
| Citizen Potawatomi | 3 | 38 | 2 | |||||
| Comanche | 3 | 56 | 1 | |||||
| Creek | 65 | 13 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Creek Freedmen | 5 | |||||||
| Delaware | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| Eastern Cherokee | 11 | |||||||
| Eastern Shawnee | 16 | 2 | ||||||
| Florida Seminole | 6 | |||||||
| Forest County Potawatomi | 1 | |||||||
| Iowa | 1 | 43 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Kaskaskia | 1 | |||||||
| Kaw | 24 | 1 | ||||||
| Keechie | 9 | |||||||
| Kickapoo | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tribe | Allotment | Birth | Census | Citizenship | Death | Divorce | Marriage | School |
| Kiowa and Kiowa Agency | 3 | 1 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 35 | |
| Miami | 8 | |||||||
| Mississippi Choctaw | 20 | |||||||
| Missouria | 4 | 9 | ||||||
| Modoc | 12 | |||||||
| Mohave-Apache | 4 | |||||||
| Munsee | 3 | |||||||
| New York | 1 | |||||||
| Nez Perce | 3 | |||||||
| Northern Arapaho | 1 | |||||||
| Northern Cheyenne | 3 | |||||||
| Osage | 7 | 59 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Otoe | 4 | 28 | ||||||
| Ottawa | 18 | 2 | ||||||
| Pawnee and Pawnee Agency | 1 | 26 | 13 | |||||
| Peoria | 7 | |||||||
| Piankashaw | 1 | |||||||
| Ponca | 2 | 1 | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Prairie Band Potawatomi | 16 | |||||||
| Quapaw and Quapaw Agency | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Sac and Fox, and Sac and Fox and Shawnee Agency | 1 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Seminole | 1 | 17 | 5 | |||||
| Seneca | 16 | 2 | ||||||
| Shawnee | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tawakoni | 9 | |||||||
| Tonkawa | 21 | |||||||
| Waco | 8 | |||||||
| Wea | 1 | |||||||
| Wichita, Wichita and Affiliated Bands | 1 | 47 | 1 | |||||
| Wyandotte | 13 | 1 |
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| Tribe | Allotment | Birth | Census | Citizenship | Death | Divorce | Marriage | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern | 18 | 9 | ||||||
| Eastern Oklahoma | 9 | 525 | 135 | 64 | 112 | 139 | ||
| Great Plains | 3 | |||||||
| Hopi | 9 | |||||||
| Midwest | 18 | |||||||
| Navajo | 18 | |||||||
| Northwest | 62 | |||||||
| Pacific | 288 | 29 | ||||||
| Rocky Mountain | 9 | |||||||
| Southern Plains | 41 | 8 | 973 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 107 | |
| Western | 27 | 5 |
Browse Other Tribes
Click on the name of the tribe to view a list of records available on microfilm.
| Tribe | Census | School |
|---|---|---|
| Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians | 3 | |
| Agua Dulce Village of Torres Reservation | 1 | |
| Anberry | 1 | |
| Assiniboin | 2 | |
| Asylum of Insane Indians in Canton, South Dakota | 3 | |
| Augustine Band of Mission Indians | 2 | |
| Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria | 13 | |
| Blue Lake Rancheria | 14 | |
| Cabazon Band of Mission Indians | 3 | |
| Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria | 1 | |
| Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians | 4 | 1 |
| Camp McDowell Agency, Arizona | 2 | |
| Campo Agency Mission, California | 1 | |
| Campo Agency, California | 1 | |
| Campo Band of Mission Indians | 2 | |
| Capitan Grande | 1 | |
| Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians | 4 | |
| Chehalis Tribe | 2 | |
| Coarsegold | 1 | |
| Coeur d'Alene Tribe | 1 | |
| Columbia | 1 | |
| Colville and Colville Reservation | 7 | |
| Concow | 4 | |
| Eel River Rancheria | 12 | |
| Elk Valley Rancheria | 15 | |
| Fort Belknap Agency, Montana | 1 | |
| Georgetown Tribe | 2 | |
| Greenville Agency, California | 2 | |
| Gros Ventre | 2 | |
| Guyapayia | 1 | |
| Hat Creek | 1 | |
| Havasupai | 3 | |
| Hoh Tribe | 2 | |
| Hoopa | 17 | |
| Hoquiam Tribe | 2 | |
| Humptulip Tribe | 2 | |
| Inaja-Cosmit Band of Indians | 4 | 4 |
| Klamath River Tribes | 24 | |
| Kumeyaay (Cuyapaipe) | 2 | |
| La Jolla Agency Mission, California | 3 | |
| La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians | 1 | |
| La Piche | 1 | |
| La Posta Band of Mission Indians | 2 | |
| Laguna Agency Mission, California | 1 | |
| Lake | 1 | |
| Latsop Tribe | 2 | |
| Lehi | 2 | |
| Little Lake Reservation | 2 | |
| Little Lake Tribe | 2 | |
| Los Conejos | 2 | 1 |
| Los Conejos Mission | 2 | |
| Los Coyotes Band | 4 | |
| Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians | 5 | |
| Lower Klamath River Tribes | 14 | |
| Luiseno Mission | 1 | |
| Malki Agency Mission, California | 2 | |
| Manzanita Band of Mission Indians | 2 | |
| Manzinata Agency Mission, California | 1 | |
| Menominee | 7 | |
| Mesa Grand Band of Diegueno Mission Indians | 4 | 1 |
| Miami | 1 | |
| Mission Tribe of the Campo Reservation | 1 | |
| Mission Tribe of the Cuayapaipe Reservation | 1 | |
| Mission Tribe of the La Posta Reservation | 1 | |
| Mission Tribe of the Laguna Reservation | 1 | |
| Mission Tribe of the Manzanita Reservation | 1 | |
| Monteraus Tribe | 2 | |
| Morongo Band of Mission Indians | 3 | |
| Navajo | 27 | |
| Nomelaki | 1 | |
| Okanagan | 1 | |
| Oyhut Tribe | 2 | |
| Paiute Tribe | 11 | |
| Pala Agency Mission, California | 2 | |
| Pala Band of Mission Indians | 1 | |
| Pauma/Yuima Band of Mission Indians | 3 | |
| Pechanga Agency Mission, California | 2 | |
| Pechanga Band of Mission Indians | 2 | 1 |
| Pit River Tribe | 7 | |
| Potrero | 1 | |
| Potter Valley Tribes | 1 | |
| Quaipaipe Agency Mission, California | 1 | |
| Queets | 2 | |
| Quinault Tribe | 2 | |
| Redwood Reservation | 2 | |
| Redwood Tribe | 2 | |
| Rincon Agency Mission, California | 1 | |
| Rincon Band of Mission Indians | 1 | |
| Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community | 8 | |
| San Felipe | 1 | |
| San Ignacio | 3 | 2 |
| San Jacinto | 2 | |
| San Manuel Band of Mission Indians | 2 | |
| San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians | 3 | 3 |
| San Ysedro | 3 | 2 |
| Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians | 5 | 1 |
| Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians | 3 | |
| Santa Ysabel Band of Mission Indians | 5 | 6 |
| Shasta Indian Nation | 1 | |
| Sherwood Valley Rancheria | 1 | |
| Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians | 1 | |
| Spokane Reservation | 5 | |
| Spokane Tribe of Indians | 3 | |
| Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation | 4 | 1 |
| Tohono O'odham | 4 | |
| Tolowa Dee-ni' | 13 | |
| Tonto-Apache | 2 | |
| Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians | 3 | |
| Tule River Agency, California | 4 | |
| Tule River Tribe | 6 | |
| Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians (Digger) | 8 | |
| Volcan | 1 | |
| Volcan Indian School | 2 | |
| Wailaki | 4 | |
| Yana | 1 | |
| Yuki | 4 | |
| Yuma-Apache | 2 |
Browse by School or Indian Agency
Click on the name of the school or agency to view a list of records available on microfilm.
| Tribe | Allotment | Birth | Census | Citizenship | Death | Divorce | Marriage | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache School, Oklahoma | 2 | |||||||
| Bacone College, Oklahoma | 3 | |||||||
| Bloomfield Seminary, Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
| Cache Creek Mission School, Oklahoma | 2 | |||||||
| Cahuilla Agency, California | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| Camp McDowell Agency, Arizona | 10 | |||||||
| Camp Verde Agency, Arizona | 3 | |||||||
| Campo Agency, California | 7 | |||||||
| Canton Asylum, South Dakota | 3 | |||||||
| Capitan Grande Agency, California | 9 | |||||||
| Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania | 6 | |||||||
| Central California Agency, California | 4 | |||||||
| Cherokee Agency, North Carolina | 9 | |||||||
| Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma | 1 | 97 | 54 | 24 | 42 | 18 | ||
| Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, Oklahoma | 12 | 2 | 187 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 21 | |
| Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma | 47 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 55 | |||
| Chilocco Indian School, Oklahoma | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | ||
| Choctaw Agency, Mississippi | 2 | |||||||
| Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma | 234 | 43 | 31 | 61 | 41 | |||
| Colville Agency, Washington | 15 | |||||||
| Creek Nation, Oklahoma | 71 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 19 | |||
| Day School, Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
| Digger Agency, California | 1 | |||||||
| Tribe | Allotment | Birth | Census | Citizenship | Death | Divorce | Marriage | School |
| Eastern Navajo Reservation, New Mexico | 4 | |||||||
| Florida Agency, Florida | 6 | |||||||
| Fort Belknap Agency, Montana | 5 | |||||||
| Fort Bidwell Agency, California | 4 | |||||||
| Fort Bidwell, California | 13 | |||||||
| Fort Sill Indian School, Oklahoma | 7 | |||||||
| Great Lakes Agency, Wisconsin | 1 | |||||||
| Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin | 7 | |||||||
| Greenville Agency, California | 10 | |||||||
| Hampton Institute, Virginia | 3 | |||||||
| Haskell Institute, Kansas | 18 | 5 | ||||||
| Hoopa Valley Agency, California | 112 | |||||||
| Hopi Reservation, Arizona | 9 | |||||||
| Kickapoo Agency, Kansas | 3 | |||||||
| Kickapoo Training School, Kansas | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma | 11 | 1 | 294 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Klamath Agency, Oregon | 26 | |||||||
| La Jolla Agency, California | 3 | |||||||
| Laguna Agency, California | 1 | |||||||
| Lone Wolf Mission, Oklahoma | 2 | |||||||
| Malki Agency, California | 5 | |||||||
| Manzinata Agency, California | 1 | |||||||
| Martinez Agency, California | 6 | |||||||
| Mary Gregory Memorial Mission, Oklahoma | 2 | |||||||
| Mautame Mission, Oklahoma | 2 | |||||||
| Mekusukey Academy, Oklahoma | 4 | |||||||
| Mesa Grande School, California | 17 | 14 | ||||||
| Methodist Episcopal Mission | 2 | |||||||
| Methvin Institute | 2 | |||||||
| Miami School, Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
| Michigan Agency, Michigan | 7 | |||||||
| Modoc School, Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
| Tribe | Allotment | Birth | Census | Citizenship | Death | Divorce | Marriage | School | Northern Cheyenne Agency, Montana | 4 |
| Northern Navajo Reservation, New Mexico | 4 | |||||||
| Oklahoma School for the Blind, Oklahoma | 2 | |||||||
| Osage Agency, Oklahoma | 7 | 57 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Osage School, Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Ottawa Mission, Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
| Pala Agency, California | 21 | |||||||
| Pawnee Agency, Oklahoma | 11 | 1 | 133 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Pechanga Agency, California | 2 | |||||||
| Pechanga Indian School, California | 2 | |||||||
| Peoria Day School, Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
| Phoenix Industrial School, Arizona | 3 | |||||||
| Phoenix Sanatorium, Arizona | 2 | |||||||
| Pima Agency, Arizona | 12 | |||||||
| Potawatomi Agency, Kansas | 46 | 1 | ||||||
| Quaipaipe Agency, California | 1 | |||||||
| Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma | 1 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Quapaw School, Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
| Quinault Agency, Washington | 20 | |||||||
| Red Cliff Agency, Wisconsin | 3 | |||||||
| Red Stone Mission, Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
| Rincon Agency, California | 2 | |||||||
| Round Valley Agency, California | 16 | |||||||
| Sac and Fox Agency, Kansas | 4 | |||||||
| Sac and Fox and Shawnee Agency, Oklahoma | 7 | 2 | 159 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| San Jacinto Agency, California | 12 | |||||||
| Santa Ysabel Agency, California | 6 | |||||||
| Seminole Nation, Oklahoma | 1 | 17 | 1 | |||||
| Seneca, Shawnee, and Wyandotte School, Oklahoma | 4 | |||||||
| Shawnee Agency, Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
| Soboba Agency, California | 4 | |||||||
| Southern Navajo Reservation, Arizona | 6 | |||||||
| Spokane Agency, Washington | 5 | |||||||
| St. Benedict's School, Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
| St. Patrick's Mission, Oklahoma | 2 | |||||||
| Truxton Canon Agency, Arizona | 3 | |||||||
| Tule River Agency, California | 11 | |||||||
| Volcan Indian School, California | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| Western Navajo Reservation, Arizona | 4 | |||||||
| White's Institute, Oklahoma | 2 |
