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St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin

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Official name: St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Recorded status: Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)

In the record

This nation carries the history of Chippewa (Ojibwe) in the treaty record.

Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.

Treaty or agreementTreaty under documented pressureRemoval treatyAct of CongressExecutive orderNot statedShapes from the 1899 federal record: approximate, not legal boundaries.

Land recorded as ceded

This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:

Chippewa (Ojibwe) About 177 million acres recorded as ceded by the end of 1894

Treaty or agreement129 million
Treaty under documented pressure32 million
Removal treaty12 million
Executive order550 thousand
Not stated4 million

Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.

138 cessions. Follow Chippewa (Ojibwe) through the years on the map

Who is doing the work

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

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Connections

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Land recorded in this nation’s name 47, matched by the Forest Service, under review

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Carries the treaty history of 1

Chippewa (Ojibwe)

Sources

federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txtprimary record
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).

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Confidence: High
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