Flandreau Agency
(See also Santee Agency)

 Founded in 1873, the agency became home for a group of Santee who left the Santee Agency in Nebraska. Following the 1862 uprising in Minnesota (an attack on white settlers caused by forced reservation life and broken treaty promises) the Santee were moved first to Crow Creek Agency in Dakota, then to Santee Agency in northern Nebraska. In 1879 Flandreau Agency was consolidated with the Santee Sioux Agency in Nebraska even though the people remained in Dakota.

Those Santee who established the colony at Flandreau were Christian Indians who homesteaded their lands pursuant to article VI of the Fort Laramie treaty of 1868. Article VI provided that Indians could take homesteads and become citizens and still retain the benefits provided to them by the treaty. Among the early settlers were Jacob Eastman (father of Charles Eastman) and Thomas Wakeman (the son of Little Crow, a leader of the Minnesota Uprising).

Today the open land base of the Flandreau Agency is 2,356 acres in Moody County in southeastern South Dakota near the Minnesota border. Flandreau Indian boarding school is still maintained by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

 Indian Census Rolls, 1892-1924 (M595).

Inclusive dates NARA roll # SD Archives roll #
1892-1921 105 9655
1922-39 106 9655
 Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-76 (M-234).
Inventory available from NARA.
Inclusive dates NARA roll # SD Archives roll #
1873-76 285 1452-1453

 Publications

Title Location
Constitution and bylaws for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, South Dakota. Approved April 24, 1936. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1936. KF 8221. S22 C5 1936
Corporate Charter of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, South Dakota. Ratified October 31, 1936. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1937. KF 8221. S22 C6 1936

Special Case Files

Title
MF roll #
Access #
Case No. 11: Pipe Stone Quarry near Flandreau, 1876.
5040
99-100
Special Case 180: Medawakanton Sioux residing in Redwood, MN lands, 1890-1901.
5041
99-100

Superintendents’ Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports from Field Jurisdictions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1910-1938 (M1011).

Inclusive dates NARA roll # SD Archives roll #
Flandreau School, 1910-1927 41 4450
Flandreau School, 1928-1935 42 4451

Flandreau Indian School Records, 1894-1955.  These records are housed at the National Archives, Central Plains Region, in Kansas City, MO and were microfilmed by the SD State Archives. Copies of this film may be purchased from the SDSA. 

 This series consists of several sub-series with varying arrangements.  Included are principal’s subject correspondence files, general correspondence, superintendent’s correspondence files, employee records, attendance registers and reports, monthly reports, heirship testimony and reports, enrollment registers, school censuses, reports of arrivals and departures of students, records of pupils in school, roster of parents and guardians, and church affiliations of pupils.

Nara Roll #   SD Archives Roll #        Inclusive Materials 

1                   6645                        Minutes for Reservation Principal’s Meeting (Aberdeen Area) 1955,

                                                     Activities 1943, 1954-55, Awards 1943-44

 

2                   6646                        Billings Area Office 1954-55, Boarding School Policies and

                                                     Services 1954-55, Bogard Human School Supt. 1954-55, Book

                                                     Lists 1954-55, Budget Flandreau Indian School 1955, Bus Lists

                                                     and Schedules 1954-55, BWS List-Home 1943:May 1-15,

                                                     Calendar for School Year 1954-55, Campus Cleanup 1954-55,

                                                     Junior Carnival 1943-44, Christmas Home Leave 1954-55,

                                                     Chronological File: May-August 1952, Chronological File: Sept.-

                                                     Dec. 1953, Chronological File: May-August 1954-55, Class Lists

                                                     Division 1 1942-43, Class Lists 1943-44

 

3                   6647                        Class-Senior 1954-55, Cleaning Detail in School Building

                                                     Supervision 8, Cleanup 1943, Commercial Industrial Activities

                                                     Report 1954-55, Senior Class List 1941-45, Conference-Education,

                                                     Welfare, and Relocation held at Flandreau Indian School 4/28/1955

                                                     Minutes Reservation Principals Meeting Aberdeen Area 01/29/1953

                                                     Correspondence-Sept. 1942-June 1943

 

4                   6648                        Correspondence June 1943-June 1944, Jan.1954-Oct.1955

 

5                   6649                        Educational Loans Pending 1943, Student Eligibility, Staff

                                                     Members-Flandreau Indian School 1954, Employment Service

                                                     1954-55-State of SD-Sioux Falls, Enrollment 1942-44,

                                                     Correspondence and Student Applications for the following-Black

                                                     Feet Indian Agency, Cheyenne River Indian Agency 1954,

                                                     Consolidated Chippewa Agency 1951-52, Crow Agency 1951-57,

                                                     Flathead Agency 1951-52, 1955-56; Consolidated 1954, 56, 57

                                                     Fort Belknap Consolidated Agency 1951-56, Fort Berthold Agency

                                                     1951-56

 

6                   6650                        Fort Berthold Agency 1955, Fort Belknap Students to be recertified

                                                     1956-57, Fort Peele Agency 1951-57, Great Lakes Consolidated

                                                     Agency 1951-52, 54, 56-57, Klamath Agency 1954, 56-57,

                                                     Menominee Agency 1951-52, 54, 56-57, Minnesota 1955-57,

                                                     Northern Cheyenne 1954-57, Pierre Indian School 1951-52, 56, 57,

                                                     Pine Ridge Agency 1951-52, 54-57, Pipestone 1951-52, Red Lake

                                                     1951-52, 54, Rosebud 1951-52, 54-57, Sisseton 1951-52, 54-57,

                                                     Standing Rock 1951-52, 54-57, Turtle Mountain 1951-52, 54-57,

                                                     Wahpeton 1951-52, 54, Wind River 1951-52, 55-57, Winnebago

                                                     1951-52

 

7                   6651                        Winnebago Indian Agency 1951, 1954, 56, 57, Estimates of

                                                     Applicants Qualifications by High School Instructor 1953-54,

                                                     Estimates of Seniors Qualifications by High School Instructor

                                                     1952-53, Evaluation Report on Government Operated Industrial

                                                     Activities, Excess Properties Correspondence 1954-55, Federal

                                                     Schedules and Supplies 1954-55, Financial Department 1954-55,

                                                     Flandreau Spirit 1943-50, Flandreau Spirit 1951-53, Football

                                                     Schedule 1942-43

 

8                   6652                        Football Schedule 1942, Form Letters, memos, etc, Freshman

                                                     Student Voc. Report, Future Nurses Club 1954-55, Guidance 1954-

                                                     55, Haskell Institute 1954-55, Health 1954-55, Holidays 1954-55,

                                                     Home Economics 1954-55, Home Room Class Lists 1942-43,

                                                     Honor Roll 1942-43, Honor Roll 1943-44, Honor Roll 1954-55,

                                                     Hospital 1954-55, Hotel Reservation 1954-55, Indian Education

                                                     1954-55, Indian Service Summer School 1954-55, Instructors’

                                                     Estimates of Graduates, Leave Records and Registrations,

                                                     Library Books Correspondence 1954-55, Mailing List for Flandreau

                                                     Spirit 

 

9                   6653                        Mailing List for Flandreau Spirit, Maintenance 1954-55,

                                                     Management 1954-55, Maroon and Gold Nominations 1943,

                                                     Mechanical Drawing 1954-55, Memorandums and Bulletins,

                                                     Memmoranda form FF Pila Lynn 1954-55, Miscellaneous 1954-55,

                                                     Miss Whitford grade sheets 1942-43 (Clothing II and III,

                                                     Commercial Clothing IV), Detail Boys grades, Detailed grades,

                                                     Failure and Incomplete 1942-43, Wells, Geo. C., Howard Wells

                                                     Conference Oct. 27-29 1943

 

10                 6654                        Mr. Jeliffe grade sheets 1942-43 (woodworking and carpentry),

                                                     Mrs. Mussins Memo File and Principle Correspondence, Music

                                                     Association SD High School 1954-55, NFA 1943-44,

                                                     Performance Ratings, Pictures for Flandreau Spirit 1954-55,

                                                     Printing Job Student Handbooks etc., Junior-Senior Prom 1943-44,

                                                     Promotion Registration Forms, Quarterly School Report New Form

                                                     1943-44, Re-enrollment, Religious Activities 1954-55, Relocation

                                                     Bulletins 1954-55, Relocation-Denver, Colorado, Requests for

                                                     Quotation, Requisition for Property Received, Reservation Lists

                                                     1942-43, Rosters

 

11                 6655                        Rosters (continued from previous roll), Safety 1954-55, Sanitation

                                                     Report 1954-55, Schedule of Activities and School Calendars 1954-          

                                                     55, Schedule of Courses 1954-55, Scholarships 1954-55, School

                                                     Programs 1937-42, SDEA Enrollment 1942-43, Senior Class,

                                                     Seniors 1942-43, Senior Test 1942 (preliminary), Senior Test-

                                                     Educational Records Bureau 1942, Senior Tests 1942, Shrine Circus

                                                     1954-55, South Dakota Athletic Association, South Dakota

                                                     Association of Secondary School Principals 1954-55, South Dakota

                                                     Education Association 1954-55, South Dakota Education

                                                     Association Journalism

 

12                 6656                        South Dakota Education Association Journalism, South Dakota

                                                     State College, Brookings, SD 1954-55, State Dept. of Public

                                                     Instruction 1943-45, State Dept. of Public Instruction 1954-55, 

                                                     Student Activity Fund 1954-55, Student Council Jan.-May 1942-43,

                                                     Student Council 1942-43, Student Council Sept.-Dec. 1942-43,

                                                     Student Council Sept.-Jan. 1943-44, Student Council Jan.-June

                                                     1944, Student Council 1954-55, Student List 1943-44, Student Lists

                                                     by Agency or Reservation 1948-49, Summer Employment for

                                                     Students 1954-55, Student Livestock Association 1954-55, Student

                                                     Transfer Record, Supplies Requested for School Year 1954-55, K-A

                                                     Tests 1943-44, Teachers Meetings 1954-55, Teaching Staff

                                                     Flandreau Indian School 1954, Textbooks currently in use 1953-54,

                                                     Textbooks in use during 1951-52, Transcripts, Travel and Per Diem

                                                     1954-55, Tour of Duty 1954-55, Veteran’s Administration 1954-55

 

13                 6657                        Veterans Administration 1954-55, Visitors at Flandreau Indian

                                                     School 1954-55, Vocational Awards, Vocational Education 1954-55,

                                                     Vocational 9th Grade Boys Forms, Annuity Payroll 1898, 1904, Jan.

                                                     -Sept. 1905, Oct.-Dec. 1905, Jan.-March 1906, Apr.-Dec. 1906,

                                                     Annuity Payment 1878, 1904, Jan.-Sept. 1905, Oct.-Dec. 1905,

                                                     Jan.-Mar. 1906, Apr.-May 1906

 

14                 6658                        General Correspondence May 1906-June 1909

 

15                 6659                        General Correspondence June 1909-May 1911

 

16                 6660                        General Correspondence May 1911-1922, 1902-1909

                                                     Superintendent Charles F. Pierce (1900-1910) Letters Received,

                                                     1905 Superintendent (1900-1910) Charles F. Pierce Copies of

                                                     letters sent, 1906 Jan -June Superintendent Charles F. Pierce

                                                     (1900-1910) Copies of letters sent, 1907 Jan.-June Charles F.

                                                     Pierce (1900-1910) Copies of letters sent, 1907 July-Aug. Charles

                                                     F. Pierce (1900-1910) Copies of letters sent

 

17                 6661                        1907 Aug.-Dec. Charles F. Pierce (1900-1910) Copies of letters sent

                                                     1908 Charles F. Pierce (1900-1910) Copies of letters sent, 1911-12

                                                     Superintendent Lawrence F. Michael (1910-1913) Copies of letters

                                                     Sent, 1912-13 Superintendent Lawrence F. Michael (1910-1913)

                                                     Letters received, 1913-14 Correspondence of Charles F. Pierce

                                                     (1913-1923) thru April 1914

 

18                 6662                        1913-14 Correspondence of Charles F. Pierce (1913-23) April 1914

                                                     -April 1923, 1915-1921 Correspondence of Charles F. Pierce (1913-

                                                     1923) Copies of letters sent, 1923 Correspondence of Charles F.

                                                     Pierce (1913-1923), 1923-25 Correspondence of Jesse F. House

                                                     (Superintendent 1923-26), 1924 Correspondence of Jesse F. House

                                                     Letters received, 1928 Superintendent James F. McGregor

                                         (1927-29) Letters, Payroll of Employees 1913-16, Payroll of

                                         Employees 1917-20

 

19                 6663                        Attendance Registers-Flandreau Indian School for the following

                                                     3rd and 4th grades Dec. 3rd 1900- June 27th 1901, 4th grade Sept.

                                                     1901, 3rd and 4th grades       1901-02, 6th and 7th grades 1901-02,

                                                     7th grade 1902, 6th grade 1902, 6th and 7th grades 1902-03, 5th and

                                                     6th grade 1902-03, 4th grade 1902-1903, 8th and 9th grade

                                                     1902-03, 5th grade 1903, 8th grade 1903, 7th grade 1903, 4th grade

                                                     1903-04, 3rd grade 1903, 6th grade 1903-04, 5th grade

                                                     1903-04, 8th and 9th grades 1903-04, 2nd grade 1904, 5th and 6th

                                                     grades 1904, 4th and 5th grades 1904-05, 2nd grade 1905-06, 3rd

                                                     and 4th grades 1905-06, 5th grade 1905-06, 4th grade 1906-07

 

20                 6664                        Attendance Registers-Flandreau Indian School for the following

                                                     5th grade 1906, 2nd grade 1908-09, unknown grades 1909-10,

                                                     7th grade 1910-11, 7th grade papers on Agriculture 1910-11, 7th

                                                     grade 1911-12, 6th grade 1912, 5th grade 1912-13, 6th grade

                                                     1913-14, unknown grades 1913-17, 8th grade 1914-15, 4th grade

                                                     1914-15, 5th grade 1914-15, 6th grade 1915-17

 

21                 6665                        Quarterly Boarding Reports to 1918, Semi-annual Boarding Reports

                                                     1916-1928

 

22                 6666                        1928-1934, Monthly Report of Indian Schools 1921-1928

 

23                 6667                        Monthly Reports 1928-33, Heirship 1913-24

 

24                 6668                        Enrollment Registers- Vol. 1 ca.1900-06, Vol. 2 1907-09, School

                                                     Census Reports for 1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, and 1925-27

 

25                 6669                        Records of Pupil Boys, Record of Pupils in School (Attendance)

                                                     1917-22, Roster of Parents and Guardians ca. 1905 (includes name

                                                     and residence of guardians)

 

26                 6670                        Roster of Parents and Guardians continued from previous roll

                                                     1905-1910, Religious Preference of Students attending Flandreau 

                                                     Indian School                                       

 

 

 

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