Land area
Land of the Ottawa Indians residing on the Indian reserves on the Miami of Lake Erie and in the vicinity thereof in Ohio, ceded 1833 (area 183)
- 1807
Set aside as a reservation
- 1833
Ceded to the United States
In the record
Kept for the Ottawa in 1807 as 4 miles square on Miami Bay, including the villages of Meshkemau and Wangau, then ceded in February 1833. The area covers about 0 thousand acres in what is now Ohio.
The 1899 record names Ottawa as the people of this land.
How it was taken: a removal treaty. The OSU treaty text has the band agree to remove from the ceded lands and applies the payment to its listed debts.
Today, Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan and Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma carry the history of the people named here.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
- Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians
- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan
- Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan
- Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan
- Anishinaabe
Working with these nations
- Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) Nation government Ojibwe treaty rights in ceded territories, natural resource stewardship, manoomin, and a Land Conservancy program… Give on their site Website
- Honor the Earth Native-led Pipeline resistance, sovereignty, energy justice Give on their site Website
- Native Land Conservancy (Massachusetts) Native-led Native-led land conservation Give on their site Website
- White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP) Native-led Recover the original White Earth reservation land base Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
Links marked “suggested” were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Nations named for this land 2
- Ottawaas named in the 1899 recordsuggested
- Ottawa Tribe of Oklahomamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
Agreements recorded for this land 2
- Treaty of Detroit, 18071807suggested
- Ottawa at Maumee, Ohio (1833)1833suggested
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1807-11-17primary record
- Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, text for 1807-11-17primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1833-02-18primary record
- Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, text for 1833-02-18primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Ohio (detail) (Library of Congress)primary record
- USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work
The record’s fields
- Area number in the 1899 record
- 183
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1807-11-17; 1833-02-18
- Kind of instrument
- Treaty or agreement
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Ottawa Indians residing on the Indian reserves on the Miami of Lake Erie and in the vicinity thereof
- States
- OH
- Counties
- Lucas
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Ohio (detail)
- Geometry
- Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps
Research notes
geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.
- Kind
- Land area
- Confidence
- Medium