Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
The Kansas Historical Society has microfilmed copies of Indian census rolls covering the years 1885 to 1940. These are the annual censuses taken by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations. Information gathered varies by year and jurisdiction, but usually includes English and/or Indian name, tribal roll number, age or date of birth, sex, and relationship to head of household. Beginning in 1930, the censuses also show degree of Indian blood, marital status, place of residence, and other information.
The original censuses are at the National Archives. The Kansas Historical Society has only selected rolls, primarily those pertaining to tribes with a Kansas connection. These materials are available for interlibrary loan. Read more about KSHS sources for Native American genealogy.
| Roll No. | Jurisdiction and Tribes | Years | |
| MS | 1902 | Cantonment (Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians) | 1917-27 |
| Carlisle School | 1911 | ||
| MS | 1902A | Carter (Potawatomi Indians) | 1915 |
| Cherokee (North Carolina) | 1898-99, 1904, 1906, 1909-12, 1914 | ||
| MS | 1903 | Haskell (Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Iowa, and Sauk and Fox Indians) | 1927-31 |
| MS | 1904 | Haskell (Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Iowa, and Sauk and Fox Indians) | 1932-34 |
| MS | 1905 | Kickapoo (Kickapoo, Iowa, and Sauk and Fox of the Missouri Indians; Potawatomi Indians for 1920) | 1903-1920 |
| MS | 1906 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo, and Wichita and affiliated Indians) | 1895-99 |
| MS | 1907 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo, and Wichita Indians) | 1900-4 |
| MS | 1908 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo, and Wichita Indians) | 1905-6, 1909-13 |
| MS | 1909 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Wichita, and Caddo Indians, and Apache prisoners of war) | 1914-17 |
| MS | 1910 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Wichita, and Caddo Indians, and Apache prisoners of war) | 1918-21 |
| MS | 1911 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Wichita, and Caddo Indians, and Apache prisoners of war or Fort Sill Apache)) | 1922-25 |
| MS | 1912 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Wichita, and Caddo Indians, and Apache prisoners of war or Fort Sill Apache)) | 1926-29 |
| MS | 1913 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Fort Sill Apache, Wichita, and Caddo) | 1930 |
| MS | 1914 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Fort Sill Apache, Wichita, Caddo, and Delaware Indians) | 1931 |
| MS | 1915 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Fort Sill Apache, Wichita, Caddo, and Delaware Indians) | 1932 (with birth and death rolls, 1924-32) |
| MS | 1916 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Fort Sill Apache, Wichita, Caddo, and Delaware Indians) | 1933 |
| MS | 1917 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Fort Sill Apache, Wichita, Caddo, and Delaware Indians) | 1934-36 |
| MS | 1918 | Kiowa (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Fort Sill Apache, Wichita, Caddo, and Delaware Indians) | 1937-39 |
| MS | 1919 | Lac du Flambeau (Lac du Flambeau, Bad River, and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians, and Potawatomi Indians) | 1928-30 |
| MS | 1920 | Lac du Flambeau (Lac du Flambeau, Bad River, and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians, and Potawatomi Indians) | 1931, 1932 (with birth and death rolls, 1924-32) |
| MS | 1921 | Lac du Flambeau (Lac du Flambeau, Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Red Cliff Chippewa Indians, and Potawatomi Indians) | 1933-35 |
| MS | 1922 | Laona (potawatomi Indians) | 1916-27 |
| MS | 1923 | Mexican Kickapoo (Mexican Kickapoo and Big Jim Band of Absentee Shawnee Indians) | 1899-1901 |
| MS | 1924 | Osage (Osage, Kansa or Kaw, and Quapaw Indians) | 1887-88, 1890-96 |
| MS | 1925 | Osage (Osage and Kansa or Kaw) | 1897-1905 |
| MS | 1926 | Osage | 1906-7, 1909-13 |
| MS | 1927 | Osage | 1914-18 |
| MS | 1928 | Osage | 1919-22 |
| MS | 1929 | Osage | 1923-26 |
| MS | 1930 | Osage | 1927-29 |
| MS | 1931 | Osage | 1930-31 |
| MS | 1932 | Osage | 1932 |
| MS | 1933 | Osage | 1933 |
| MS | 1934 | Osage | 1934-36 |
| MS | 1935 | Osage | 1937-39 |
| MS | 1936 | Otoe (Oto and Missouri Indians) | 1906-10, 1912, 1915-19 |
| MS | 1937 | Pawnee | 1902-19 |
| MS | 1938 | Pawnee (Kansa or Kaw, Oto and Missouri, Pawnee, and Ponca Indians) | 1920-27 |
| MS | 1939 | Pawnee (Kansa or Kaw, Oto, Pawnee, Ponca, and Tonkawa Indians) | 1928-30 |
| MS | 1940 | Pawnee (Kansa or Kaw, Oto, Pawnee, Ponca, and Tonkawa Indians) | 1931 |
| MS | 1941 | Pawnee (Kansa or Kaw, Oto, Pawnee, Ponca, and Tonkawa Indians) | 1932 (with birth and death rolls, 1924-32) |
| MS | 1942 | Pawnee (Kansa or Kaw, Oto, Pawnee, Ponca, and Tonkawa Indians) | 1933 |
| MS | 1943 | Pawnee (Kansa or Kaw, Oto, Pawnee, Ponca, and Tonkawa Indians) | 1934-36 |
| MS | 1944 | Pawnee (Kansa or Kaw, Oto, Pawnee, Ponca, and Tonkawa Indians) | 1937-39 |
| MS | 1945 | Ponca (Ponca, Oto and Missouri, Pawnee, and Tonkawa Indians) | 1897-1903 |
| MS | 1946 | Ponca (Ponca, Tonkawa, and Kansa or Kaw Indians) | 1913-19 |
| MS | 1947 | Ponca (Ponca, Tonkaw, and Oto and Missouri Indians) | 1922-27 |
| MS | 1948 | Potawatomi (Prairie Band of Potawatomi, Iowa, Kickapoo, Sauk and Fox of the Missouri, and Chippewa and Christian or Munsee Indians) | 1891-93, 1895-1902 |
| MS | 1949 | Potawatomi (Prairie Band of Potawatomi) | 1903-19 |
| MS | 1950 | Potawatomi (Potawatomi, Iowa, Kickapoo, and Sauk and Fox Indians) | 1921-26 |
| MS | 1951 | Potawatomi (Potawatomi, Iowa, Kickapoo, and Sauk and Fox Indians) | 1935-40, 1942 (supplement) |
| MS | 1952 | Quapaw (Eastern Shawnee, Miami, Modoc, Ottawa, Peoria, Quapaw, Seneca, and Wyandot Indians) | 1885-92 |
| MS | 1953 | Quapaw (Eastern Shawnee, Miami, Modoc, Ottawa, Peoria, Quapaw, Seneca, and Wyandot Indians) | 1893-1900 |
| MS | 1954 | Quapaw (Eastern Shawnee, Ottawa, Quapaw, Seneca, and Wyandot Indians) | 1922-29 |
| MS | 1955 | Quapaw (Eastern Shawnee, Ottawa, Quapaw, Seneca, and Wyandot Indians) | 1930-32 |
| MS | 1956 | Quapaw (Eastern Shawnee, Ottawa, Quapaw, Seneca, and Wyandot Indians) | 1933-35 |
| MS | 1957 | Quapaw (Eastern Shawnee, Miami, Ottawa, Peoria, Quapaw, Seneca, and Wyandot Indians) | 1936-39 |
| MS | 1958 | Sac and Fox, Iowa | 1888-1910 |
| MS | 1959 | Sac and Fox, Iowa | 1911-20, 1922-29 |
| MS | 1960 | Sac and Fox, Iowa | 1930-39 |
| MS | 1961 | Sac and Fox, Oklahoma (Sauk and Fox, Iowa, Citizen Potawatomi, Absentee Shawnee, and Mexican Kickapoo Indians) | 1885 (letter only), 1889-96 |
| MS | 1962 | Sac and Fox, Oklahoma (Sauk and Fox, Iowa, Citizen Potawatomi, and Absentee Shawnee Indians) | 1899-1904 |
| MS | 1963 | Sac and Fox, Oklahoma (Sauk and Fox and Iowa Indians) | 1905-19 |
| MS | 1964 | Seneca (Eastern Shawnee, Miami, Modoc, Ottawa, Peoria, Quapaw, Seneca, and Wyandot Indians) | 1901-7 |
| MS | 1965 | Seneca (Eastern Shawnee, Miami, Modoc, Ottawa, Peoria, Quapaw, Seneca, and Wyandot Indians) | 1910-21 |
| MS | 1966 | Shawnee (Absentee Shawnee, Mexican Kickapoo, and Citizen Potawatomi Indians) | 1904-6, 1915-19 |
| MS | 1967 | Shawnee (Absentee Shawnee, Mexican Kickapoo, Citizen Potawatomi, Iowa, and Sauk and Fox Indians) | 1920-23 |
| MS | 1968 | Shawnee (Absentee Shawnee, Mexican Kickapoo, Citizen Potawatomi, Iowa, and Sauk and Fox Indians) | 1924-29 |
| MS | 1969 | Shawnee (Absentee Shawnee, Mexican Kickapoo, Citizen Potawatomi, Iowa, and Sauk and Fox Indians) | 1930-31 |
| MS | 1970 | Shawnee (Absentee Shawnee, Mexican Kickapoo, Citizen Potawatomi, Iowa, and Sauk and Fox Indians) | 1932-33 |
| MS | 1971 | Shawnee (Absentee Shawnee, Mexican Kickapoo, Citizen Potawatomi, Iowa, and Sauk and Fox Indians) | 1934-36 |
| MS | 1972 | Shawnee (Absentee Shawnee, Mexican Kickapoo, Citizen Potawatomi, Iowa, and Sauk and Fox Indians) | 1937-39 |
