Thursday, July 28, 2011

BOISE TRIBE IN MINNESOTA

BOISE FORT TRIBE SPEAK OJIBWA AND THEIR NAME MEANS "MEN OF THICK FIR WOOD". THEY LIVE NEAR CANADA. THEY LIVE ON A RESERVATION THE LARGEST IN MINNESOTA. THEY ARE ONE OF SIX MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI CHIPPEWA. IN 2007 THEY HAD 300 PEOPLE. IN 1866 THEY ENTERED INTO A TREATY WITH THE U.S. TO FORM ONE BAND INSTEAD OF THREE HISTORIC BANDS

THE BAND OPERATES THE NETT LAKE WILD RICE COOPERATIVE. THEY OWN AND OPERATE A CAR WASH PRODUCTS FIRM, AND A RADIO STATION.

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