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Governmental authority for six Ojibwe bands in Minnesota From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe is the centralized governmental authority for six Ojibwe bands in Minnesota. The tribe was created on June 18, 1934; the organization and its governmental powers are divided between the tribe, and the individual bands, which directly operate their reservations. The bands that make up the tribe are:
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe | |
|---|---|
Flag | |
| Motto: Nimaamawiinomin We Come Together | |
 Member bands of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe | |
| Administrative headquarters | Cass Lake, Minnesota |
| Type | Tribal governmental authority |
| Enrolled membership | 40,677 |
| Leaders | |
• President | Cathy Chavers |
• Vice President | Ferdinand W. Martineau, Jr. |
• Executive Director | Gary Frazer |
| Establishment | |
• Establishment | June 18, 1934 |
• Recognized by the United States Department of the Interior | July 26, 1936 |
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.
It is projected that the tribe will experience a gradual population decrease in the coming decades, unless it lowers its current membership requirement of at least 25% Native ancestry,[1][2] as a consequence of tribal members having children with non-Native Americans (nationwide, 54-61% of all Native Americans marry non-Natives[3]).
Notably, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa is not part of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. In 1934 it declined to participate, as its citizens did not want to give up the band's system of hereditary chiefs. The Red Lake Band developed its constitution in the 1950s, electing its first chairman in 1959. The Chippewa nation predates the European colonization of the Americas.
The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe provides basic services to each of its six-member Bands, unless the individual Band has signed a compact to provide these services themselves. The services are provided through their offices located in Cass Lake, Minnesota.
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