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- Like the Red Lake and White Earth Bands, the Leech Lake Band is known for its tradition of singing hymns in the Ojibwe language.
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The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, also known as the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians or the Leech Lake Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Ojibwe: Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag Ojibweg) is a federally recognized Ojibwe band located in Minnesota and one of six making up the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. The band had 9,426 enrolled tribal members as of March 2014.
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- The 1787 Northwest Ordinance
- Article One, Section Eight of The United States Constitution
- Treaties
- The Three Lakes Area
- Nelson Act 1889
- The Steenerson Act of 1904
- The Burke Act of 1906
- Creation of The Chippewa National Forest
- Meriam Report
- Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
When European settlers first began to occupy this land, the American Indian tribes were recognized as sovereign nations and the government related to the tribes under the guidelines of international law. In 1787 the United States Government formerly recognized Indians with the passage of the Northwest Ordinance.
In 1789, congress passed Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The article gave congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, between the States and with the Indian Tribes. This article laid the foundation of the law from which more than two hundred (200) years of federal legislation and programs dealing with Indian tribes ...
During the years of 1805 – 1889, the United States government signed a number of treaties with the native tribes. Treaties are legal binding agreements between two separate sovereign nations. All treaties made by the United States government with another nation must be ratified by the U.S. Senate. The U.S. Constitution in Article VI, Section 2 read...
When the first settlers arrived in this area, the Ojibwe had been living throughout northern Minnesota. The Pillager and the Mississippi bands had homes and villages on or near Cass Lake, Lake Winnibigoshish, and Leech Lake. The area was covered with dense forests of pine, poplar, oak, cedar, maple, birch and spruce. Treaties were negotiated to acq...
Congress passes the Dawes Act in 1887, which, combined with the Nelson Act two years later, allots 80 acres of non pine land, within the boundaries of the reservation, to each tribal family. The remainder of the non-allotted Indian lands were then opened up and sold or granted to timber companies, railroads and settlers. With the passage of the Nel...
The logging industry soon realized a huge profit could be gained if they could get access to the timber and land on the allotments being held in trust by the federal government. Thus began the lobbying of state legislators to enact laws allowing loggers access to timber on tribal allotments. The first such law was the Steenerson Act of 1904. This a...
The Burke Act gave the Secretary of the Interior authority to issue fee patents to tribal members if he deemed them “competent and capable”. However, in many cases Indians who were deemed competent often were not informed that they were deemed competent, nor were they informed that their land was now a fee patent as opposed to trust land. As a resu...
In 1908 concern over runaway logging prompted the Federation of Women’s Clubs located in Minneapolis to establish a state forest on the LLR to protect the remaining red and white pine from total destruction by the logging industry. In 1908 the Minnesota National Forest was established comprised of 225,000 acres. In 1928 the name was changed to the ...
In the mid 1920’s the U.S. government commissioned a study of the American Indians. This report documented the deplorable conditions of Indian people across the United States, the devastation of the Nelson Act, and the failure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to do anything about it. In response, legislation was enacted called the Indian Reorganizat...
Under the Reorganization Act the federal government decided that the six (6) Ojibwe bands in Minnesota (not including Red Lake) would be recognized as the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and all lands that were restored on Leech Lake were in the name of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. The MCT adopt a constitution in 1937. The 1964 Constitution vested politi...
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe History. In the 1600's, the Dakota Indians had communities at Leech lake. The Ojibwe bands moved into the region during the mid-to-late 1700's. The first Ojibwe settlements were on small islands on Leech Lake. This area in north central Minnesota was the home of the Mississippi and Pillager Ojibwe bands.
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe invites travelers to experience the convergence of Ojibwe culture and the pristine beauty of the region. This remarkable destination offers a gateway to the Ojibwe way of life and an opportunity to explore the natural splendor of the Leech Lake area of Minnesota.
The Leech Lake Band of the Ojibwe is one of many Ojibwe bands in the U.S. and Canada. Ojibwe people are also called Chippewa, or Anishinaabe.
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe is a member of the greater Ojibwe or Anishinaabe Nation, which is the second largest in North America after the Navajo Nation. There is still retention of the original language, ceremonies, customs and beliefs while at the same time dealing with the modern issues.
