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The White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, [1] also called the White Earth Nation (Ojibwe: Gaa-waabaabiganikaag Anishinaabeg, lit. "People from where there is an abundance of white clay"), is a federally recognized Native American band in northwestern Minnesota. The band's land base is the White Earth Indian Reservation.
Press room of The Tomahawk, White Earth Indian Reservation, 1903. This list of Indigenous newspapers in North America is a dynamic list of newspapers and newsletters edited and/or founded by Native Americans and First Nations and other Indigenous people living in North America.
Native American newspapers are news publications in the United States published by Native American people often for Native American audiences. The first such publication was the Cherokee Phoenix , started in 1828 by the Cherokee Nation .
Oct. 24—BEMIDJI — The White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe announced on Friday, Oct. 21, that it will soon close its purchase of Ridgeway Courts I and II in Bemidji, with the ...
In 1898 Chief Bugonaygeshig became widely known among the Chippewas of Minnesota. Many Chippewas had already been relocated to the White Earth Reservation by 1898. The Leech Lake Reservation and all other Minnesota Chippewa Reservations, except Red Lake and White Earth, had been abolished. However, many Chippewas continued to live on their ...
The Union of Ontario Indians later became the Anishinabek Nation. A variant of the logo using a red background was officially adopted in 1980. [38] Both the white background and red background designs have been used as pan-Anishinaabe flags. [39] [40] Different Anishinaabe political organizations have their own specific flags and emblems.
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation (Manitoba) (in full); Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (North Dakota) (in full); and; White Earth Band of Ojibwe (Minnesota) (in part). Red Bear Band of Chippewa (Minnesota) (in part). Pembina Chippewa Tribe (North Dakota) (in part).
Today the bands are federally recognized as independent tribes with their own governments. They remain culturally closely connected. They have engaged in legal actions concerning treaty rights, such as fishing for walleye. Many bands include "Lake Superior Chippewa" in their official tribal names to indicate their historic and cultural ...