Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs (Classic Reprint) - Paperback

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: To the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1873

The wandering bands of Chippewas in Minnesota require the atten tion Of the Government. There are two permanent reservations in the State, at Leech Lake and White Earth, and the different bands remain ing among the settlements of Pembina and otter-tail should be gath ered upon the White Earth reservation. For these bands the Govern ment has acquired, by purchase from the Mississippi Chippewas, the right to settle upon this reservation but in order to establish them there a special appropriation will be required. The appropriation of made by last Congress for the removal of the Pembinas, being too lim itéd for the purpose, has not been used.

The Mille Lac band of Chippewas in Minnesota remains in its anom alous position. They have sold their reservation, retaining a right to occupy it during good behavior. With this title to the soil it is not deemed expedient to attempt permanent improvements at Mille Lac, unless a title to the reservation can be returned to them on condition that they surrender to Government all moneys acquired in considera tion of their cession of the Mille Lac reservation. If this cannot be done, their Iydians should be notified that they belong at White Earth, and be required to' remove. In their present location, on its present tenure, nothing can be done looking toward their civilization.

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