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  FOND DU LAC, Minnesota, Ojibwe Indian Reservation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Treaties affecting Fond du Lac are on the Minnesota Treaties page.At the time it was established, it toalled about 98,000 acres.
JIM NORTHRUP Fond du Lac's most widely known writer -- is a regular columnist in the Indian press, has written books, poetry, a film.
Transcribed from Kappler by Fond du Lac Education division.
www.kstrom.net /isk/maps/mn/fondlac.htm   (602 words)

  
 Chippewa Treaty Rights: History and Management in Minnesota and Wisconsin
The Mille Lacs Reservation, as outlined by the 1855 Treaty of "Peace and Friendship," comprised 61,000 acres of bordering lakeshore, and a portion of, Mille Lacs Lake.
The Mille Lacs band of Chippewas, however, would not join their brethren in these hostile demonstrations, nor did they take any part in the pillaging of the white settlers surrounding their reservation, as was done by the Pillagers and other bands of the Indians.
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are engaged in litigation with the State of Minnesota over the exercise of hunting, fishing and gathering rights reserved in the territories ceded by the Treaties of 1854 and 1837.
cnie.org /NAE/docs/chippewa.html   (6526 words)

  
 Ojibwa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marie, at the outlet of Lake Superior, the French referred to them as Saulteurs; Ojibwa who subsequently moved to the Prairie provinces of Canada have retained the name Saulteaux.
Marie and Shaugawaumikong (French, Chegoimegon) on the southern shore of Lake Superior, near the present Lapointe or Bayfield, Wisconsin.
Most Ojibwa, except for the Plains bands, lived a sedentary lifestyle, engaging in fishing, hunting, the farming of maize and squash, and the harvesting of Manoomin (wild rice).
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ojibwa   (938 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
The Wisconsin Bands and the Fond du Lac Band, but not the Mille Lacs Band, were signatories to the Treaty, which created reservations within the lands ceded in the 1837 and 1842 Treaties in exchange for cession of title to various other tracts of land.
In Mille Lacs I, the district court analyzed the ICC proceedings under the collateral estoppel doctrine, examined the pleadings and the record of the ICC litigation, and determined that the issue of usufructuary rights was not actually litigated and necessary to the outcome of the case.
As to the Fond du Lac Band, the court again held that the Band is not collaterally estopped by the ICC litigation.
laws.lp.findlaw.com /8th/971757p.html   (11810 words)

  
 TriTAC. EPS. Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation. Public Hearing and Needs Assessment
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation is located in Northeastern Minnesota, approximately 20 miles west of Duluth.
The Fond du Lac Reservation, one of six Reservations inhabited by members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, includes isolated rural sections of St. Louis and Carlton Counties.
Fond du Lac’s child care vouchers can be used to purchase wraparound care from the Tribe’s Head Start and Early Head Start (EHS) programs, as well as regulated child care centers and family child care homes both on and off the reservation.
www.nccic.org /tribal/effective/fonddulac/publichearing.html   (1250 words)

  
 Honoring Nations 2000 >> Pharmacy On-Line Billing Initiative
A single year later, the Fond du Lac Human Services Division had in place an on-line pharmacy billing system that both served the Band’s financial needs and was compatible with the IHS’s RPMS (which was necessary because the Band was obligated to provide data to the IHS in order to continue to receive funding).
The Fond du Lac pharmacy is able to fill more of the prescriptions its service population needs, is better able to avoid adverse drug reactions, can commit more pharmacist time to patient counseling and fund programs that support diverse aspects of Band members’ health.
In sum, the Fond du Lac Pharmacy On-Line Billing Initiative is remarkable for the way it challenged the Indian Health Service’s standard operating procedures and for the way it harnessed modern technology to increase the Human Service Division’s revenues, which improved healthcare.
www.ksg.harvard.edu /hpaied/hn/hn_2000_pharm.htm   (1325 words)

  
 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College History
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is a unique institution, created by the Minnesota Legislature in 1987 and chartered as a tribal college by the Fond du Lac Reservation that same year.
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College opened its doors in the Fall Quarter of 1987, eight years after the Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee first voiced the need for a community college as part of a comprehensive educational plan for the reservation.
Congress passed legislation giving Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College status as a Land Grant Institution, and the Minnesota Legislature approved Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College as a full college by state standards with co-governance language between the state and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
www.fdltcc.edu /facts/history.html   (892 words)

  
 U.S. Geological Survey Activities Related to American Indians and Alaska Natives Fiscal Year 2002 -- Resource and ...
The lake is approximately 6 miles west of Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River, in northwestern Minnesota.
Lake Roosevelt is a 125-mile-long reservoir in eastern Washington State that extends from Grand Coulee Dam to near the Canadian border where the Columbia River is free flowing.
USGS fishery biologists are continuing to partner with the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation fishery biologists in an effort to assess and restore the Rattlesnake Creek watershed of the White Salmon River basin.
www.usgs.gov /indian/2002report/resources.html   (18165 words)

  
 EPA Region 5 Tribes - Fond Du Lac Band of Chippewa
The Fond du Lac Reservation is situated adjacent to Cloquet, Minnesota, (population 10,000) and located 20 miles west of Lake Superior and the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin.
The St. Louis River, the largest tributary to Lake Superior on the U.S. side, drains approximately 90% of the Reservation and comprises the entire northern and most of the eastern boundary.
The Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee as well as the Environmental Natural Resources, Forestry, and Conservation programs, are dedicated to protecting, preserving, enhancing and restoring the environment for this generation and future generations of Fond du Lac Band members.
www.epa.gov /region5/tribes/tribepages/fondulac.htm   (512 words)

  
 Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Community Spotlight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Established by the Treaty of 1854, the Fond du Lac Reservation is an 112,000-acre reservation located in northeastern Minnesota.
On Oct. 12th, 1918 the Fond du Lac Reservation experienced one of the worst catastrophic fires in U.S. history when 250,000 acres of the surrounding areas burned, resulting in the loss of 453 people and the near total destruction of communities like Cloquet, Brookston and Moose Lake.
In 1997 the Fond du Lac Reservation assumed fire preparedness activities and protection responsibilities on all land ownerships within the boundaries of the Reservation.
www.firewise.org /usa/fond.htm   (1051 words)

  
 A Walk to Remember
The Walk to Remember, Summer 2000, was lived as a sacred journey around Lake Superior to bring forth community visions to protect the air, land and water for the Seven Generations yet to come.
Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world, is an important source of food, livelihood and drinking water.
Lake Superior is also an important part of the spirituality of the Anishinabeg.
walktoremember.tripod.com   (1118 words)

  
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The Leech Lake Reservation is home to an estimated 75 to 100 gray wolves, the largest population of wolves on an Indian reservation in the 48 conterminous States (Hunt in litt.
The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians (Minnesota) has indicated that it is likely to develop a wolf management plan that will probably be very similar in scope and content to the plan developed by the MN DNR.
The Band's position on wolf management is ``wolf preservation through effective management,'' and the Band is confident that wolves will continue to thrive on their lands (Lawrence Bedeau, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, in litt.
www.eswr.com /f7130.txt   (20337 words)

  
 1/27/2004~SECRETARY NORTON ANNOUNCES $14 MILLION IN GRANTS TO TRIBES TO HELP FUND FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin will use its $120,330 TWG to establish, restore, and maintain a harvestable lake sturgeon population in the Lac du Flambeau Chain of Lakes and the Bear River.
Lake sturgeon is culturally significant to this Tribe and economically important to the State of Wisconsin.
Since lake sturgeon are slow growing, long lived, and become sexually mature between the ages of 13-15 years old for males and 22-24 years old for females, it is estimated it will take at least 25 years to restore a sustainable population.
news.fws.gov /newsreleases/r9/F7BDF0C1-B162-4920-98E5012406A51A64.html   (1942 words)

  
 Fond du Lac Reservation
The Fond du Lac Reservation, established by the LaPointe Treaty of 1854, is one of six Reservations inhabited by members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
The Chippewa nation is the second largest ethnic group of Indians in the United States.
Archaeologists maintain that ancestors of the present day Chippewa have resided in the Great Lakes area since at least 800 A.D. Click here for a more thorough history of the Lake Superior Chippewa people.
www.fdlrez.com   (204 words)

  
 EPA News Release 04-OPA005: EPA: Lucas County, Ohio, Now Meets Health-based Sulfur Dioxide Standard
CHICAGO (Jan. 20, 2004) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has recognized the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa as the first tribe in the region to be granted authority to administer parts of the Clean Air Act.
EPA Region 5 Administrator Thomas V. Skinner signed the decision document and presented a certificate of recognition to Fond du Lac Band leaders at the tribal center Jan. 7.
The Fond du Lac Band’s discussions with EPA gained momentum in the summer of 1999 when the tribe presented a draft proposal to EPA.
www.epa.gov /region5/news/news04/04opa004.htm   (384 words)

  
 Links to the world - minorities
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation.
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe -- A federally recognized Tribe comprised of six distinct member reservations: Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Mille Lacs, and White Earth.
Treaty Rights: Understanding the Conflict -- A University of Minnesota project, providing a summary of the history of the litigation between the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians and the State of Minnesota.
www.leg.state.mn.us /lrl/links/minority.htm   (2311 words)

  
 SLRCAC - Sediment Workgroup
Preliminary Assessment of Contaminated Sediments and Fish in the Thomson, Forbay, and Fond du Lac Reservoirs.
WDNR is working with the City of Superior and Murphy Oil to remediate sections of the Hog Island Inlet/Newton Creek area in Superior.
Preliminary contaminant assessment of the Thomson, Forbay and Fond du Lac Reservoirs.
www.stlouisriver.org /sed_committee.html   (1338 words)

  
 Part 8, Testimony of Members and Public Witnesses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The importance of Lake Superior and its environment is documented in the history and culture of the Anishinabe people.
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the reservation is located about 20 miles west of Duluth, Minnesota.
Fond du Lac and some of the other bands in Minnesota were some of the first Reservations that have organized and operate these programs on Reservations, and we recommend that the President's budget of $42.6 million be included in the EPA's budget for this program.
commdocs.house.gov /committees/approps/hapvahpar8.000/hapvahpar8_1.htm   (16412 words)

  
 2001 Federal Register, 66 FR 46199; Centralized Library: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Michigan believed it was premature of the Service to establish waterfowl regulations in areas covered by the 1835 Treaty until such time as the issue of 1836 Treaty hunting rights are affirmed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Band members in each zone will comply with State regulations providing for closed and restricted waterfowl hunting areas.
For purposes of enforcing bag and possession limits, all migratory birds in the possession or custody of band members on ceded lands will be considered to have been taken on those lands unless tagged by a tribal or State conservation warden as having been taken on-reservation.
www.fws.gov /policy/library/01fr46199.html   (5865 words)

  
 MPR: We're All on the Planet Together
on the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation, near Cloquet, Minnesota, Bonnie Wallace spent her childhood on the front lines of the battle for rural diversity.
Though Wallace spent more than 25 years in Minneapolis, she visited Fond du Lac often, and always considered the reservation home.
Despite the many American Indians who live in Minnesota, Wallace still suffers the indignities of racism: the sideways glances in a grocery store when shopping with her elderly mother; being stopped by police because she has tribal plates on her car.
news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/199905/03_newsroom_diversity/wallace.shtml   (418 words)

  
 minnesota sea grant - news release - $738,000 for aquatic research
Researchers will explore physical and biological conditions in Lake Superior during critical periods of lake trout's life history by examining how zooplankton are distributed in space and time.
The collapse of the lake trout population in Lake Superior and subsequent efforts to rehabilitate the stocks prompted this project, which questions the flow of energy through part of Lake Superior's food chain.
Researchers plan to determine the source and distribution of fecal bacteria in the Lake Superior Basin by refining molecular and metabolic fingerprinting techniques.
www.seagrant.umn.edu /news/2000/nov14.html   (1102 words)

  
 Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Although Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College receives assistance from the State of Minnesota, the funding formula is not adequate to meet the need.
A common misconception is that Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is funded by the profits and income of the gaming enterprises owned by the Fond du Lac Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa.
While the Reservation Business Committee (the governing body of the Fond du Lac Reservation) supports the college in many different ways, there are still many unmet needs for our students, programs and facilities.
www.fdltcc.edu /foundation/WaysToGive.htm   (212 words)

  
 Midwest Today: Gambling On A New Life
Jim Northrup, a member of the Fond du Lac band of Lake Superior Chippewa wants people to know that "most tribal councils do not share the profits with the [tribal members].
In Minnesota, roughly 37% of the tribal gaming employees had received state or federal welfare assistance prior to their employment and another 31% were drawing unemployment compensation.
Leonard Prescott, head of a corporation that runs the casino at Prior Lake, MN., says the success of his facility has resulted in dozens of people who don't belong to his tribe nevertheless clamoring for tribal membership.
www.midtod.com /highlights/gambling.phtml   (3256 words)

  
 ICT [2005/07/19]  Shopping for nutrition pays off
The Fond du Lac Reservation Nutrition Education Assistance Program provides participants with ideas on how to shop for and prepare wholesome meals.
Klinga works for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa near Cloquet, Minn. Her job in the nutrition education program covers four core areas: diet quality, food safety, food economy and shopping skills.
This program has been funded for two years at Fond du Lac through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1096411252   (795 words)

  
 New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The pathways of initial introduction are unknown, but we suspect that Eurasian watermilfoil was introduced to Lake Meridian and the British Columbia lakes by the discarding of the contents of an aquarium.
Overstocking a lake with triploid grass carp may also lead to the eradication of Eurasian watermilfoil, although this method is not recommended because it also results in the elimination of many native species.
The Chinese mitten crab is native to estuaries and rivers along the coasts of Korea and Southern China, from the Yellow Sea to south of Shanghai.
www.anstaskforce.gov /state_guidance.htm   (13868 words)

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