THIS RESERVATION IS LOCATED IN COOK COUNTY NEAR THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. THE COMMUNITY WAS CONSIDERED PART OF AN 1854 TREATY. THEY ARE ON A RESERVATION WITH 557 FOLKS WITH A TOTAL POPULATION OF 1,100.
THEY OPERATE A CASINO, AND A LODGE. IN 2000 MINNESOTA RETURNED OWNERSHIP OF THE 300 ACRE GRAND PORTAGE STATE PARK TO THEM. THEY ARE DESCENDANTS OF NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE TRIBE WHO MIGRATED SEVERAL CENTURIES AGO FROM THE ATLANTIC REGION. GRAND PORTAGE IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST OJIBWA SITES IN MINNESOTA. IT WAS A CENTER FOR THE FUR TRADE. BY 1763 THE BRITISH NORTHWEST TOOK OVER AND BUILT A LARGE BUILDING CALLED FORT CHARLOTTE.
THE INDIANS WHO LIVED HERE WERE SKILLED TRAPPERS AND PROVIDED TRADERS WITH HIGH QUALITY FURS. THEY TAUGHT TRADERS HOW TO MAKE AND REPAIR CANOES, AND SUPPLIED THEM WITH DEER, MOOSE, AND WILD RICE. THEY HAD HEREDITARY CHIEFS WHO WERE GOOD WITH DEALING WITH A NUMBER OF OUTSIDERS.
AFTER THE 1812 WAR AMERICANS TOOK OVER THE BRITISH TERRITORIES. BY 1854 THE U,S, CEDED MUCH OF THEIR LANDS. THEY SET ASIDE TWO SMALL RESERVATIONS. BY 1856 THEY BUILT PERMANENT HOUSES IN GRAND PORTAGE VILLAGE ABOUT 1856.
IN 1887 AND 1889 SPECULATORS COULD GRAB LARGE PORTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL LAND. IN 1934 THE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT HAD THE GRAND PORTAGE JOIN THE MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE. THEY HAD NEW LEADERSHIP AND BOUGHT BACK SOME OF THE LAND.
DURING THE DEPRESSION, THESE MEN WORKED ON CCC PROJECTS AND ON EXCAVATION PROJECTS AROUND THE OLD STOCKADE, AND IN LOGGING CAMPS. IN 1960 THEY NEGOTIATED WITH HOTEL CORPORATION TO BUILD A CASINO,LODGE AND A RADISSON HOTEL.
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