Genealogy Information
The resources compiled below, including collections at Marquette University and other institutions, can be used to provide additional guidance to individuals seeking Native American genealogical information.
For more information about using these collections, please contact the Special Collections and University Archives.
School Records
Restrictions: School records are restricted for 70 years after the date of creation (based on FERPA) and are restricted for family privacy concerns. Non-restricted records may be held by non-educational institutions such as the branch repositories of the United States National Archives. See https://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans
School records often list individual names, dates of school attendance, as well as private family information such as tribal affiliation and degree of Indian blood.
The holdings of the Marquette Archives contain school records from these states:
Arizona: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
California: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
Idaho: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
Kansas: Osage Mission School Records
Michigan: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1 and Sacred Heart Franciscan Records, Series 1, reel 9
Minnesota: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
Montana: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
New Mexico: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
North Dakota: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
Oklahoma: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
Oregon: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
South Dakota: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1, Holy Rosary Mission-Red Cloud Indian School Records (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation), Series 2-1 and 2-2, and the St. Francis Mission Records (Rosebud Indian Reservation), Series 2-1 and 2-2
Washington: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
Wisconsin: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1, and Sacred Heart Franciscan Records, Series 1, reels 15-16 (Menominee Indian Reservation); reel 15 (no restrictions), available via interlibrary loan
Wyoming: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Census Records
BIA Records are typically held at the United States National Archives. See https://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/bia
Red Cloud High School Transcripts
Holy Rosary Mission- Red Cloud School Collection, Series 2-2T: We do not release transcripts by patron request. Per agreement with Maȟpíya Lúta, all requests for transcripts must be made through the Maȟpíya Lúta Office during regular business hours. For further information, contact Maȟpíya Lúta, 100 Mission Drive, Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770-2100, telephone (605) 867-5888.
