The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of 1855.

The treaty was negotiated by Chief Shaw-bosh-kung in the middle of the winter of 1855. It established a 61,000-acre reservation for the tribe.

The tribe gradually lost ownership of vast portions of the reservation due to allotment and non-Indian settlement. But attempts by Mille Lacs County to diminish the reservation have failed in the courts.

The tribe is holding a community feast and powwow today to mark the anniversary.

Get the Story:
Ojibwe to mark treaty's 150th year (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 2/22)
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Relevant Documents:
Treaty with the Chippewa, 1855

Relevant Links:
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe - http://www.millelacsojibwe.org