- Fond du Lac Indian Reservation
The Fond du Lac Indian Reservation (or Nah-Gah-Chi-Wa-Nong ("Nagaajiwanaang" in the Double Vowel orthography), meaning "Where the current is blocked" in the
Ojibwe language ) is anIndian reservation in northernMinnesota near Duluth in Carlton and St. Louis counties, with off-reservation holdings in Douglas County inWisconsin . The total land area of these tribal lands is 398.437 km² (153.8375 sq mi). It is the land-base for theFond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa . Before the establishment of this reservation, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa were located at the head ofLake Superior , closer to the mouth of the St. Louis River.The tribe ceded land as part of an
1837 treaty along with other Ojibwa bands, located mainly from east-central Minnesota to north-central Wisconsin. Later, along with other Ojibwa tribes, the Fond du Lac Band ceded large tracts of land located mainly in the Lake Superior watershed in Wisconsin and westernUpper Peninsula of Michigan as part of a treaty in 1842. In addition, the tribe ceded land as part of an 1854 treaty with theLake Superior Band of Chippewa (largely situated along the northern shore ofLake Superior inMinnesota ). With this treaty, the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation was established farther up the St. Louis River at its present location. The original "Nagaajiwanaang" Reservation was nearly double the current size. However, the treaty discussions clearly promised the inclusion of the Perch and Big Lakes but the original reservation did not, but instead extended westward to the western boundaries of the 1854 Ceded Territory. With an appeal, the Reservation was extended southward to include the two said lakes, but as a concession, the western boundaries were shortened eastward to its present location.ee also
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Minnesota Indian Affairs Council References
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CHECK_SEARCH_RESULTS=N&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-all_geo_types=N&-redoLog=true&-transpose=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=25000US1125&-search_results=16000US2712160&-format=&-fully_or_partially=N&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Fond du Lac Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Minnesota/Wisconsin] United States Census Bureau
External links
* [http://www.fdlrez.com/ Fond du Lac Reservation]
* [http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/tribaltract2000/1125_FondduLac/CTN1125_001.pdf 2000 US Census Tract Map for the Fond du Lac Reservation (T1125)]
* [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/KAPPLER/Vol2/treaties/chi0648.htm#mn3 Digital copy of the 1854 Treaty establishing the Fond du Lac Reservation]
* [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol1/HTML_files/APP1047.html Digital copy of the letter requesting to modify the Fond du Lac Reservation]
* [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/KAPPLER/Vol1/HTML_files/MIN0850.html Digital copy of the Executive Order modifying the Fond du Lac Reservation]
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