Are there any electronic or online resources for history and genealogy relating to the Miami Indians and the Miami Tribe?
Are there any electronic or online resources for history and genealogy relating to the Miami Indians and the Miami Tribe?
Answer
The National Archives has a webpage that focuses on the Dawes Rolls here:
https://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/dawes/tutorial/intro.html
It also has details about accessing American Indian records. See the left column at the bottom.
Family Search has a webpage dedicated to United States Special Inquiries Relating to Indians, other than the Dawes Rolls:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/United_States_Special_Inquiries_Relating_to_Indians
One of the things mentioned here are the Census Bureau's Censuses of American Indians, detailed on the Census Bureau's website here: https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/decennial_census_records/censuses_of_american_indians.html
The 1950 Census records were released in April 2022, and with them, Form P8, the Indian Reservation Schedule, is the most recent schedule available:
For State Library materials on the history of Miami Indians in Indiana, you can view our resource list here:
The Indiana Historical Bureau has several markers on Native American/American Indian topics. You can contact the Bureau for more information on the research behind applying for these particular markers.