Covers: annuity rolls on the Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi of Michigan, 1843-1866; the Potawatomi of Huron annuity rolls for 1861 (4th quarter), as well as the years 1874-1880 and 1882-1889; Potawatomi of Indiana and Michigan annuity roll (3rd quarter)

The author has arranged this book by "band," and uses such sources as the 1855 Ottawa and Chippewa Annuity Roll, the Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Annuity Roll, per capita rolls, and the goods and supplies lists. All of the information contained in this work

Contains three transcriptions of censuses taken by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to determine the eligibility of people of Indian descent for monies appropriated by Congress. The first chapter contains the 1870 census and annuity payment records of the Gra

"All of the information in this book has been transcribed from the records of the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Records, which are part of the holdings of the National Archives in Washington, DC. These annuity and per capita rolls were taken to determine the eligibility of persons of Indian descent to receive payment of monies as the result of U.S. Congressional Legislation and Treaties signed between the Indian tribes and the U.S. government."