The 1855 treaty ceded a swath of land in northern and central Minnesota, and the 1855 Treaty Authority is composed of the beneficiaries of that treaty, including several Bemidji-area Ojibwe bands.

The boundaries of the Mille Lacs Reservation in central Minnesota exist now as they did in 1855, a federal judge has ruled. The Friday order from U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, benched ...

Members of the 1855 Treaty Authority say they want an agreement with the state of Minnesota that recognizes their rights to hunt, fish and gather without restraint by state law inside the 1855 ...

Members of the 1855 Treaty Authority say they want an agreement with the state of Minnesota that recognizes their rights to hunt, fish and gather without restraint by state law inside the 1855 ...

BRAINERD -- The Chippewa treaty rights group behind wild rice and gill netting protests last week in central Minnesota may stage more demonstrations depending on the outcome of an upcoming meeting ...

Much of what is now Minnesota land was ceded by Ojibwe tribes in a series of ... Explaining Minnesota's 1837, 1854 and 1855 Ojibwe treaties. ... Thompson is a member of the 1855 Treaty Authority.

ST. PAUL -- Members of Minnesota's Chippewa tribes will begin harvesting wild rice this week, off their reservations and without a state license, in an effort to gain affirmation of hunting ...

NISSWA, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has moved to defuse a treaty rights challenge by issuing a group of Chippewa Indians a special permit to harvest wild rice on ...