Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (or Wiikwe-wayekwaa-gichigamiing Gichigamiwininiwag in the Ojibwe language, meaning "Lake Superior Men at the far end of the Great Lake") is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) band located near Duluth, Minnesota. Their land-base is the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation, located mainly in Carlton and St. Louis County, Minnesota, 20 miles west of Duluth. Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa or Anishinaabemowin in Eastern Ojibwe syllabics) is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut), and the fourth most spoken in North America (behind Navajo, Cree, and Inuktitut). ... Anishinaabe or more properly Anishinaabeg or Anishinabek (which is the plural form of the word) is a self-description often used by people belonging to the indigenous Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonkin peoples of North America, who share closely related Algonquian languages. ... This article is about the native North American people. ... Duluths canal connects Lake Superior to the Duluth-Superior harbor and the St. ... The Fond du Lac Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota near Duluth in Carlton and St. ... Carlton County is a county located in the state of Minnesota. ... St. ...

History

Originally located along the lower-courses of the St. Louis River where the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin now stand, the Wiikwe-wayekwaa-gichigamiing controlled the river access to the both the St. Louis River and the Nemadji River, both a major trade-route during the Fur Trade. In the same area is Spirit Island of the "Sixth Stopping Place", one of the former seven Anishinaabe administrative centers. The Saint Louis River is a river in Minnesota that flows into Lake Superior. ... Duluths canal connects Lake Superior to the Duluth-Superior harbor and the St. ... The city of Superior sits at the junction of U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 53, and is the county seat of Douglas County, Wisconsin. ... The Nemadji River is a river situated in Douglas County, Wisconsin. ... An Alberta fur trader in the 1890s. ...

The Fond du Lac Band's regional economic influence helped establish the American Fur Company's trading post in what now is the Fond du Lac neighbourhood of Duluth. Two different Treaties of Fond du Lac were hosted by the Fond du Lac Band. The American Fur Company was founded by John Jacob Astor in 1808. ... Duluths canal connects Lake Superior to the Duluth-Superior harbor and the St. ... The Treaty of Fond du Lac may refer to either of two treaties made and signed in Duluth, Minnesota between the United States and the Ojibwe (Chippewa) Native American peoples. ...

Today

Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is one of six members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. The tribal government has its own license plates. In the 2000 census, the reservation recorded a population of 3,728. The largest community on the reservation is the city of Cloquet, although only the relatively sparsely populated western half of the city is on reservation land; that part has a population of 1,204 persons out of the city's total of 11,201. The only community completely on the reservation is Brookston, at the reservation's northern end. Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe White Earth Band of Ojibwe Notably, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa is not part of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. ... // Introduction A license plate, number plate or registration plate (often referred to simply as a plate, or colloquially tag) is a small metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle for official identification purposes. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... Cloquet is a city located in Carlton County, Minnesota. ... Brookston is a city located in St. ...

The tribe operates two casinos, the Fond du Luth Casino in Duluth (profits are shared with the city), and the Black Bear Casino and Hotel on the reservation. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Government

The revised Constitution and By-Laws of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe were approved by the Secretary of Interior on March 3, 1964. The governing body of the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation is the Reservation Business Committee, which is composed of a Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer, and three Representatives: one from District I (Cloquet), one from District II (Sawyer) and one from District III (Brookston). All are elected to four-year terms on a staggered basis with the Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer also serving as members of the Executive Committee of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Cloquet is a city located in Carlton County, Minnesota. ... Brookston is a city located in St. ...

The current members of the Reservation Business Committee are:

• Chairwoman: Karen R. Diver
• Secretary/Treasurer: Ferdinand Martineau Jr.
• District-I Representative: Eugene Reynolds
• District-II Representative: Sandy Shabiash
• District-III Representative: Roger "Bouda" Smith

Official Address

• Address: Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
  1720 Big Lake Road
  Cloquet, MN 55720
  
• Phone: 218-879-4593
• Fax: 218-879-4146
• Website: http://www.fdlrez.com

See also

• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council