What Native American tribes are in MN?
Two major Native American tribes—the Dakota (or Sioux) and the Ojibwa (Anishinabe or Chippewa)—lived in the area that is now Minnesota. Small groups from other tribes now also reside in the state, including the Winnebago, who once had reservation land there.
What is the largest tribe in Minnesota?
The White Earth Band is the largest, which had more than 19,000 members. According to the 2010 US Census, the Leech Lake Band had 10,660 residents living on its reservation, the most of any single reservation in the state. Notably, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa is not part of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
Which 7 Anishinaabe reservations are located in Minnesota?
The seven communities of Grand Portage, Bois Forte, Red Lake, White Earth, Leech Lake, Fond du Lac and Mille Lacs comprise the Anishinaabe reservations. These reservations are located throughout northern Minnesota from the central lakes region of the state to the northeastern tip.
What are the 11 federally recognized American Indian tribes in Minnesota?
11 nations and flags of Minnesota Native Americans
- Bois Forte—Anishinaabe.
- Fond du Lac—Anishinaabe.
- Grand Portage—Anishinaabe.
- Leech Lake—Anishinaabe.
- Mille Lacs—Anishinaabe.
- Red Lake—Anishinaabe.
- White Earth—Anishinaabe.
- Lower Sioux—Dakota.
What is the race White Earth?
Created in 1867 by a treaty between the United States and the Mississippi Band of Chippewa Indians, it is one of seven Chippewa reservations in Minnesota. Although the White Earth Chippewa no longer live as their ancestors did, they have kept alive their tribal heritage.
Are Chippewa and Anishinaabe the same?
Ojibwa, also spelled Ojibwe or Ojibway, also called Chippewa, self-name Anishinaabe, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe who lived in what are now Ontario and Manitoba, Can., and Minnesota and North Dakota, U.S., from Lake Huron westward onto the Plains.
What do Ojibwe call themselves?
Chippewa
Some Europeans had trouble saying Ojibwe, pronouncing it instead as Chippewa. But both these names refer to the same people. In Canada, the Anishinaabe call themselves Ojibwe. In the United States, many tribal members prefer the name Chippewa.
