State
Minnesota
In the record
Royce’s schedule records 50 cessions that lie at least partly in Minnesota, from 1830 to 1889, under 18 treaties, agreements and acts. The peoples named most often are Chippewa (Ojibwe), Sioux (as named in treaty records), Sisseton, Wahpeton, Winnebago and 7 more.
The atlas records 3 broken treaty promises here, including Sandy Lake (1850): removal order and annuity relocation in breach of Ojibwe treaties, Mille Lacs (1999): Minnesota's denial of 1837 hunting, fishing and gathering rights and Dakota 1851 treaties, 1862 war and the Act of Feb. 16, 1863.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Everything here is linked at state level only. The atlas does not look up addresses or parcels, and a cession touching a state does not tell you whose land a particular place is.
Who is doing the work
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- 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
- Dream of Wild Health Native-led Owns a 30-acre farm in Hugo MN Give on their site Website
- Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) Native-led Environmental and climate justice Give on their site Website
- Native Governance Center Native-led Strengthening Native nation governance and capacity to exercise sovereignty 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.
Contains 53
- Land of the Iowa, Medewahkanton and others in Minnesota, recorded 1830 (area 292)1830
- Land of the Iowa, Medewakanton and others in Iowa and Minnesota, ceded 1830 (area 153)1830
- Land of the Iowa, Medewakanton and others in Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri, ceded 1830 (area 151)1830
- Land of the Winnebago in Iowa and Minnesota, ceded 1846 (area 267)1832
- Land of the Chippewa in Minnesota and Wisconsin, ceded 1837 (area 242)1837
- Land of the Sioux in Minnesota and Wisconsin, ceded 1837 (area 243)1837
- Land of the Winnebago in Minnesota, ceded 1855 (area 361)1846
- Land of the Chippewa (Pillager band) in Minnesota, ceded 1847 (area 269)1847
- Land of the Chippewa of the Mississippi and Lake Superior in Minnesota, ceded 1847 (area 268)1847
- Land of the Menomini in Minnesota, ceded 1854 (area 321)1848
- Mille Lacs (1999): Minnesota's denial of 1837 hunting, fishing and gathering rights1850suggested
- Sandy Lake (1850): removal order and annuity relocation in breach of Ojibwe treaties1850suggested
Show all 53
- Land of the Sioux (Sisseton, Wahpeton, Medewakanton, and Wahpekute bands) in Minnesota and South Dakota, ceded 1863 (area 440)1851
- Land of the Sioux (Wahpeton and Sisseton Bands) in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota, ceded 1851 (area 289)1851
- Land of the Sioux (Wahpeton and Sisseton Bands) in Minnesota, recorded 1851 (area 414)1851
- Land of the Chippewa of the Mississippi and Lake Superior in Minnesota, ceded 1854 (area 332)1854
- Land of the Chippewa of the Mississippi and Lake Superior in Minnesota, ceded 1889 (area 338)1854
- Land of the Chippewa of the Mississippi and Lake Superior in Minnesota, ceded 1889 (area 339)1854
- Land of the Chippewa (Winnibigoshish) and Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota, ceded 1864 (area 453)1855
- Land of the Chippewa (Winnibigoshish) and Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota, ceded 1864 (area 455)1855
- Land of the Chippewa (Winnibigoshish) and Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota, ceded 1864 (area 456)1855
- Land of the Chippewa (Winnibigoshish) and Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota, ceded 1864 (area 457)1855
- Land of the Chippewa (Winnibigoshish) and Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota, ceded 1889 (area 454)1855
- Land of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota, ceded 1855 (area 357)1855
- Land of the Winnebago in Minnesota, ceded 1859 (area 416)1855
- Land of the Winnebago in Minnesota, ceded 1863 (area 439)1855
- Reservation of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota (area 358)1855
- Reservation of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota (area 359)1855
- Reservation of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota (area 360)1855
- Reservation of the Sioux (Medewakanton and Wahpekute bands) in Minnesota (area 413)1858
- Reservation of the Yankton Sioux in Minnesota (area 412)1858
- Dakota 1851 treaties, 1862 war and the Act of Feb. 16, 18631862suggested
- Land of the Chippewa (Red Lake and Pembina bands) in Minnesota and North Dakota, ceded 1863 (area 445)1863
- Reservation of the Chippewa (Red Lake and Pembina bands) in Minnesota (area 446)1863
- Land of the Chippewa (Bois Forte band) in Minnesota, ceded 1889 (area 483)1866
- Land of the Chippewa (Bois Forte band) in Minnesota, ceded 1889 (area 484)1866
- Reservation of the Chippewa (Bois Forte band) in Minnesota (area 482)1866
- Land of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota, ceded 1867 (area 507)1867
- Reservation of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota (area 508)1867
- Reservation of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota (area 509)1867
- Reservation of the Chippewa (Pembina band) in Minnesota (area 542)1873
- Reservation of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota (area 549)1873
- Reservation of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota (area 550)1873
- Reservation of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota (area 567)1874
- Reservation of the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota (area 568)1874
- Land of the Chippewa of Minnesota in Minnesota, ceded 1883 (area 610)1879
- Reservation of the Chippewa (Bois Forte band) in Minnesota (area 629)1881
- Land of the Chippewa of Minnesota in Minnesota, ceded 1889 (area 706)1889
- Land of the Mississippi Chippewa of White Earth reservation in Minnesota, ceded 1889 (area 708)1889
- Land of the Mississippi Chippewa, White Oak band, Pillager and others in Minnesota, recorded 1889 (area 710)1889
- Reservation of the Chippewa (Red Lake and Pembina bands) in Minnesota (area 707)1889
- Reservation of the Mississippi Chippewa of White Earth reservation in Minnesota (area 709)1889
- Reservation of the Chippewa in Minnesota (area 719)1892
Organizations working here 7
- Dream of Wild Healthsuggested
- Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)suggested
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF)suggested
- Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)suggested
- Native Governance Centersuggested
- Owamniyomni Okhodayapi (formerly Friends of the Falls)suggested
- White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP)suggested
Sources
No source is linked to this record yet. That is a gap we are working to close.
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