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The Bois Forte Band are named after their location of thick conifer forest of northern Minnesota. Handbook of North American Indians record other variations of their names. [2] Boise Forte — Indian Affairs Report, 332, 1873. Bois Forts — Warren (1852) in Minnesota Historical Society Collections, V, 85, 1885.
Location of Bois Forte Indian Reservation The reservation is composed of three sections in northern Minnesota , United States: The Nett Lake Indian Reservation ( Ojibwe : Asabiikone-zaaga`iganiing , "At the Lake for Netting"), located at 48°05′31″N 93°11′12″W / 48.09194°N 93.18667°W / 48.09194; -93.18667 , is the primary ...
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa; Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; Grand Portage Band of Chippewa; Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe; White Earth Band of Ojibwe; As of July 2003, the six bands have 40,677 enrolled members. The White Earth Band is the largest, which had more than 19,000 members.
The 1854 Treaty Authority is an inter-tribal natural resource management organization committed to protecting and implementing the off-reservation hunting, fishing, and gathering rights for the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa in the lands ceded to the United States government under the Treaty of La Pointe.
Rice Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa (historical) Sandy Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa (historical) Snake and Kettle River Bands of St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Minnesota (historical) St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa Community; Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; Grand Portage Band; Bois Forte Band of ...
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa; Bois Forte Indian Reservation; D. Dakota people; F. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe; Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa;
Little Forks Band of Rainy River Saulteaux [United States] — the southern half of the Little Forks Band of Rainy River Saulteaux [Canada] (below), and are now part of Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Nett Lake, Koochiching County, Minnesota.
Flags at the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Office. As a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, which also includes the bands of Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Mille Lacs, and White Earth, the Leech Lake Band is governed by a tribal constitution, written following the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act. The tribe's constitution ...