The White Earth Reservation, located in northern Minnesota, was set aside “in perpetuity” in 1867 for the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians. It then comprised approximately six million acres, but has been reduced to about 50,000 acres. In the early years…
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As two of the attorneys litigating the constitutionality of the White Earth Land Settlement Act on behalf of the Indians of White Earth, we were pleased that you chose to cover the efforts of the Chippewas to regain their land…
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Located in northern Minnesota, the White Earth Reservation was set aside “in perpetuity” the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians 1867. It then comprised approximately six million acres, but has been reduced to about 50,C acres. In the early years…
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A group of Chippewa Indians filed suit in Federal District Court Tuesday contending that a Federal law enacted last year to settle land disputes in Minnesota would make it nearly impossible for Indians to regain land unfairly taken from them….
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