PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI GENEALOGY OFFICE
Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation
Located near Mayetta, Kansas, off Highway
75
Welcome!
Ever wonder
how you can help the tribe wherever you
are located?
The purpose of this web site is
to inform you about the mission and activities of
the PBP Genealogy Office and ask for your support.
In searching our family trees, we cannot always retrace
the footprints of our ancestors and visit the
various locations where we may find records.
Even in Jackson and Potawatomi Counties
of Kansas there are many small town, church and cemetery
records to search.
We will strive to collect all information
in one location to preserve for future generations.
We hope the people of our nation will contribute
to this cause.
Mission:
To gather and
preserve a collection of historical and genealogical
material which will serve as an aid to the PBP nation
people in the search for their family histories.
Goals:
1) To collect records pertaining
to Potawatomi ancestors and tribe.
2) To catalog, file, and preserve
genealogical and historical data for tribal members
to use in researching their family history.
3) To create a data base of information
so a computer search by name can be accomplished.
4) To create a network of volunteer
workers so this office reflects support of
the people. This office does not have tribal
funding or grants. We will need everyone’s help,
especially the people of the PBP nation.
Contact Us:
PBP Genealogy
Office
c/o Land Office Building
15185 “K”
Rd
Mayetta,
Kansas 66509
Telephone: (785) 966-0037
Send e-mail to: deloresabrams@pbpnation.org
Office Hours:
Tuesday 10 am–3pm or by Appointment
Coordinators:
Delores Nioce-Abrams
Vivian Gonzales
Monthly Meetings:
No monthly meetings are held during summer and early
fall months.
Volunteers Needed:
Please
contact us if you can help in any of the following
areas:
1) Typist, Excel experience, for
data entry of census and annuity rolls to be placed on CD or Floppy
Disc.
2) Office volunteers to catalog and
file historical data received.
3)
People to share copies from their personal collection
of tribal information of historical content.
4) Researchers with computer experience
who are willing to volunteer their experience
to search internet sites for information in U.S.
Census Records, National Archives & Records Administration
(NARA), Mormon Church Family History Center Data,
etc.
Historical material needed:
Donate records or copies of material of historical
or genealogical importance
(i.e., annuity
or census rolls, obituaries, old newspaper articles,
church records, photographs, agency photographs &
information, books, legal issues, legends, etc.)
If you would be willing to share any items with
our office we would welcome your donations.
Please do not destroy old papers or photographs you
may have inherited from family members.
Contact us or send it to us - it may
have historical importance!
Information Available
for Research:
5) Jackson County and Reservation
Family Cemetery Listings
(Call,
email, or write office for information).
7) Family Histories:
Navarres Family History,
Bouerdon Family History,
Bogardus/Brewer & Katherine James Family
History,
8) Photographs: Potawatomi Agency, Nadeau,
Ks; Geo. W. James, Indian Agent; Bark and log home on Potawatomi
Reservation; Rocky Ford scene; Eli G. Nadeau, Post Trader @ Onzhowa
Tepee; Indian Fair (possibly @ Nadeau Agency site); Bill Cummings;
Bill Skishkee, aka William Wahzowkuck, Sr; Ona Grinnell home, Kaw Agency,
Oklahoma, 4/22/1901; Circleville, Ks, High School Students; and George
Allen.
9) Newspaper Articles: George Allen; Abram
Barnett; Chief Shabbona, Mod-we-quah (his daughter), and Josephine
Marshno (great-granddaughter of Shabbona).
10) Book: “The Dowagiac-Sister Lakes Resort
Area and More About Its Potawatomi Indians,” by Everett Claspy.
Individuals who have donated
material:
1) Paul Slattery:
Obituaries, Prayer Book in Potawatomi Language,
Old agency photographs, Holy Cross Alter document,
Family histories: Navarres, Bouerdon, Bogardus/Brewer
& KatherineJames
Names Listed
in Slattery Material.
Bourbon, Anthony
Brewer, Ellen James
Brewer, Josephine
Brewer, Kate
Buerdon, Catherine
Cadue, Cadue, Mary
Cadue, Etta
Cadue, Frank
Chaput, Joseph Z.
Curtis, Charles
DeMarais, Frank
DeMarais, Mrs. Josie A.
Eggan, P.F.
Grinnell, Ona,
James, George W.
James, Katherine
James, Mary R.
Kaw-to-gish-co-quah
Macomb, Alexander
Macomb, John
Murray, Mary R.
Navare, Catherine
Navarre, J. Alexnder
Navarre, Peter Frichette
Neough-weg-wat
Rice, Philander & Lola
Saw-gah
Shurck-to-quah
Slattery, Gertrude
Striegl, Philander & Lola
Williams, Lola
2) Thaymer Morris:
Check for dividend rent ($.30)
3) Anonymous donatious:
History
Articles and Links
Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation
Citizen Band Pottawatomi
Forest County Band Pottawatomi
Pokagon Band Pottawatomi
Hannaville Band Pottawatomi
Gun Lake Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band Pottawatomi
Walpole Island First Nation Pottawatomi
Nottawaseppi Huron Band Pottawatomi
http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t79
(Online Resources about the Potawatomi Tribe)
http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/books/kshsroll/c_intro.html
(Good Information)
(William Connelley’s “Prairie Band Potawatomi Indians” includes
Annual BIA Agent Reports, Kack-Kack Death, Treaty of 1861, & Potawatomi
Allottees)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kansasindians
(Lots of Information)
(Kansas Kickapoo and Citizen Band Potawatomi Rolls
Prairie Band Potawatomi Rolls of 1861, 1863, 1880 & 1887
1900 Jackson Co and Potawatomi Co Kansas Indian Census
1930 Jackson Co and Potawatomi Co Kansas Indian Census)
http://americanindian.si.edu
(Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian)
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/aian/index.html
(American Indian Census Data Links (US Census Bureau) (Census Info)
http://www.potawatomi-tda.org
(Trail of Death History) (Most Complete)
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native
(Indian Tribal Records)
http://www.icss.net/~fchs (Fulton
Co Historical Society, Rochester, IN)
(They organized Trail of Death Commemorative Caravan)
http://www.tgstopeka.org (Topeka
Genealogical Society)
http://aad.archives.gov/aad
(Access to the The National Archieves Data Base)
http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/index.html
(National Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Central Plains Region,
2312 E. Bannistr Rd, Kansas City, MO)
http://www.holtonks.net/jchs
(Jackson Co Historical Society)
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To create positive change you must work through anger and
sadness so that you can clearly see your path. The power of positive
thinking, a positive person sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should
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Date of last
update 5/18/2007
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