The famed headwaters (starting point) of the Mississippi River lie in Itasca State Park, within the reservation boundary, but not now Indian land.ĭesireable shoreland sites on the many beautiful lakes are owned and operated by non-Indian resort owners for the most part. The bulk of the reservation land is now Chippewa National Forest, which attracts about 1.5 million tourists a year. Because of allottment, tax forfeitures, and seizures for federal, state, and county local governments forest and park lands, only slightly over 5% of the land remains in Indian hands and control at poresent, for housing in scattered communities. Original boundaries contained 677,099 acres. Leech Lake-Cass Lake reservation was established by the Treaties of Februand May 1, 1867, and by Executive Orders of Octoand May 26, 1874. Administration and forestry offices are located there. The BIA has an area field agency office for all the northern Minnesota reservatins at Cass Lake (part of the Leech Lake reservation). ![]() ![]() Cass Lake/Leech Lake, Minnesota, Ojibwe Reservationīeltrami, Cass, Hubbard and Itasca counties, Minnesota
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