Many of the Otter Tail Lake Chippewas relocated to White Earth Reservation. Historians claim one township (over 23,000 acres) was set aside within White Earth Reservation for the Little Shell Pembina Chippewas who are also known as the Turtle Mountain Chippewas. Searchable by a name index. This page has been viewed 4,731 times (0 via redirect). Over 2.3 million records from investigations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Land Record Reference. MNHS call number: Reading Room CS42 .M553 no. Too few voted which can only mean what happened was fraudulent. Entries may list name, gender, colour, marital status, place of birth, occupation, cause of death and more. Searchable by an index of around 650,000 names. The collection consists of registers, lists, adjutant and quartermaster reports and and descriptive books of local post (chapters) Records include town of residence, military unit, date of enlistment, date of discharge, age and birthplace. This database contains millions of records of people whose names have appeared in printed genealogical records and family histories. In 1874, the Leech Lake Agency was established for the Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Chippewa residing at Leech Lake and for the … Click this link, to see a map of the correct White Earth Reservation. A growing database of over 100 gravestones, searchable by name and organised by cemetery. The records contain names, acreages, signatures, dates, mineral rights, bounds, descriptions of land and more. It was undesirable land to the whites. ©2021 White Earth Reservation Business Committee . Another village that also lost population was Pine Bend. In 1920, it was 6,659. They list name, age, gender, colour, place of birth, details of parents and disabilities. (Family #34) Equaymegun, Equaymegay. A growing index to over 300 million entries in middle school, junior high, high school, and college yearbooks linked to digital images of the yearbook pages. All Minnesota Chippewa Reservations were eradicated except Red Lake Reservation and White Earth Reservation. The 1890 White Earth Agency Census lists H. H. Beaulieu's wife by her Indian name: Mah-ge-cum-ij-o-quay, wife age 55. Today, it is probably less than 20. An organisation of Union army and navy veterans of the Civil War. However, most have less than 30 housing units. A database containing details of the burial of 7.6 million US military veterans. Lists may contain details such as age, gender, place of origin, occupation and much more. And the United States misinformed the concerned Chippewas, by placing information within the treaty they obviously did not understand. The schedules can be searched by an index of 1.975 million names. What makes White Earth Reservation especially important is the number of voters, population, and the number of votes. They actually conspired to deport the Montana Chippewas in the 1840s or 1850s. Before World War II, Pine Point had a population of near 1,500. A service provided by, https://mn.gov/indianaffairs/whiteearth-iac.html, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mnbecker/ch18.php, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mnbecker/ch18b.php, http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~texlance/genealogy/records/bia%28dc%2920.htm, https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=White_Earth_Indian_Reservation_(Minnesota)&oldid=3472230, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, West Roy Lake or South MahKonce (cdp - 2010 population 74), South End or Auginaush (cdp - 2010 population 25). Digital images of a variety of publications listing the names of college students, faculty, alumni, and others associated with places of learning. It can be largely attributed to the 1896 Chippewa Indian deportation out of the Great Falls, Montana region and north central Montana, to other Reservations including in Canada. Contains 100,000s of names. Digital images of various marriage documents that may list parents' names. It clearly states in the July 8, 1889 Treaty, that White Earth Reservation claimed Red Lake Reservation land. He was selected as the farmer for the reservation. The Congress finds that – (1) claims on behalf of Indian allottees or heirs and the White Earth Band involving substantial amounts of land within the White Earth Indian Reservation in 2. To someone not familar with this treaty, it represents both Red Lake Reservation and White Earth Reservation, as being one Reservation. They prefer to call themselves Anishinaabe, which means "the original people". General Census They actually first considered the removal in either the 1840s or 1850s. America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the “White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 1985”. This Reservation has an historical past which is very difficult to understand. 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