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The Little Shell Tribe is named after its 19th-century leader, Esens, known as "Little Shell." [citation needed] The Tribe was also referred to as the Little Shell Band of "Landless" Chippewa Indians of Montana because it did not have an Indian reservation, resulting from conflicts with federal authorities dating back to the 19th century.
The Little Shell Band of Chippewa are a historic sub-band of the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians led by Chief Little Shell in the nineteenth century. Based in North Dakota around the Pembina River, they are part of the Ojibwe, one of the Anishinaabe peoples, who occupied territory west of the Great Lakes by that time. Many had partial European ...
The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana became the 574th tribe to gain federal recognition on December 20, 2019. The website USA.gov, the federal government's official web portal, also maintains an updated list of tribal governments.
In 2018, six more Virginia-based tribes were added to the list, then in 2020 the Little Shell Chippewa were recognized bringing the total to 574. [7] Of these, 231 are located in Alaska. Except for Hawaii, states that have no federally recognized tribes today forcibly removed tribes from their region in the 19th century, [ 8 ] mainly to the ...
Portrait of Little Shell, c. 1892 Thomas Little Shell III (c. 1830 – 1901) (Anishinaabemowin Esens ("Little Shell" or "Little Clam") and recorded as Ase-anse or Es-sence) was a chief of a band of the Ojibwa (Chippewa) tribe in the second half of the nineteenth century, when the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwa peoples) had a vast territory ranging from southwestern Canada into the northern tier of the ...
Chippewa leaders who refused to recognize treaties with the United States brought about the problem of landless Chippewas in Montana. Among the defiant Chippewa leaders of Montana who refused to sign the treaties were Chiefs Ahontoay, Big Bear, Little Bear, Little Shell III, and Lucky Man. As a result, the United States refused to recognize ...
In 1788, the ratification of the U.S. Constitution made it clear: Indigenous people were not American citizens and would not enjoy the right to vote. ... Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ...
Lake Superior Chippewa of Marquette. [28] [29] [30] Letter of Intent to Petition 12/13/1991. [25] Little Owl Band of Central Michigan Indians, Sidney. [31] Letter of Intent to Petition 11/27/2000. [25] Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. Petitioner #186. Letter of intent submitted on May 13, 1998. [109] Maconce Village Band of Ojibwa.