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Pages in category "White Earth Nation people" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
G Company of the 9th Minnesota Infantry Regiment [4] had a large component of bi-racial White Earth Chippewa. [5] Their military service was the result of underhand tactics, Chippewa historians Julia Spears and William Warren report: A group of white citizens of Crow Wing enrolled bi-racial Chippewa as substitutes to fight in their place, as allowed by the Enrollment Act, thus avoiding being ...
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.
White Earth Nation people (20 P) Pages in category "White Earth Band of Ojibwe" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect ...
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. According to the 2010 US Census, the Leech Lake Band had 10,660 residents living on its reservation, the most of any single reservation in the state.
The White Earth Boarding School was a Native American boarding institution located on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota.Established in 1871, it was the first of 16 such schools in the state, aiming to assimilate White Earth Nation children into Euro-American culture by eradicating their Indigenous identities, languages, and traditions.
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Frank Big Bear is a Native American artist born in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and is a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Band. [1] [2] As a multimedia Native artist, Big Bear is known for his colorful, abstract display through his drawings, paintings, and photo collages that address various messages about Big Bear's livelihood and worldly perception.