The L'Anse Indian Reservation is the land base of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of the Lake Superior Bands of Chippewa Indians (successor of the L’Anse, Lac Vieux Desert, and Ontonagon Bands). It is located in two non-contiguous sections on either side of the Keweenaw Bay in Baraga County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.
In 1999, tribal enrollment was 3,159 according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1999 Labor Force Report.
The L’Anse Reservation is both the oldest and largest reservation in Michigan. It was established under the Chippewa Treaty of 1854. The United States Supreme Court has interpreted this treaty as creating permanent homelands for the Chippewa (Ojibwa Anishnabek) signatories to the treaty. The Treaty of 1842, which ceded lands to the federal government, was one of the largest land cession agreements ever made between the U.S. federal government and Indian tribes. It includes provisions and stipulations that the Chippewa retain their rights to fish, hunt and gather on these ceded lands.
The L’Anse Reservation consists of 54,000 acres (219 km2) with approximately 14,000 acres (57 km²) owned by the tribal community. Two thirds of the land is held in tribal common ownership and the remaining third is owned by Indians in fee, restricted fee, or allotted lands status. The entire reservation encompasses nearly one third of the area of Baraga County.
External links
Background from the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan (http://www.itcmi.org/thehistorytribal4.html)
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Online (http://www.kbic-nsn.gov/)
The L'Anse Indian Reservation is the land base of the KeweenawBayIndianCommunity of the Lake Superior Bands of ChippewaIndians (successor of the LÂ’Anse, Lac Vieux Desert, and Ontonagon Bands).
Any member of the KeweenawBayIndianCommunity who is twenty-one years or over and who maintains residence on the reservation, and presents himself at the polls on election day, shall be entitled to vote in the district in which he resides.
Any member of the KeweenawBayIndianCommunity who is twenty-five years or over and is at least one-fourth degree Indian blood and shall have resided within the district from which elected for least one year immediately preceding his nomination, shall be eligible for election to the Tribal Council.
The Council of the KeweenawBayIndianCommunity may exercise such further powers as may in the future be delegated to it by the Federal Government, either through order of the Secretary of the Interior, or by Congress, or by State Government, or by any member of the KeweenawBayIndianCommunity.
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