White Earth Band of Ojibwe

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The White Earth Band of Ojibwe, also known as the White Earth Nation or Gaa-waakabiganikaag Anishinaabeg, is a Native American Tribe located in northwestern Minnesota. The tribe's land-based home is the White Earth Indian Reservation. Historically, the Tribe was formed from the unification of Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) bands displaced from northern part of the state, viz:

Gull Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
Removable Mille Lacs Indians
Rabbit Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
Rice Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa

The Tribe's reservation was formed in 1868 after a treaty was arranged between the Mississippi Chippewa Bands and United States the year before. After the creation of the White Earth Indian Reservation, Native Americans of Otter Tail Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians and Wild Rice River Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians eventually came to settle along side the Mississippi Chippewa. Up until the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the six historical component Anishinaabe Bands acted independent of each other; with the reorganization, the six historical component Bands unified themselves to form the contemporary Tribe.

[edit] Famous White Earth members

v • d • e Mississippi Chippewa

Full political Successors Mille Lacs \| White Earth
Minor political Successors Leech Lake \| St. Croix

v • d • e Pembina Chippewa

Full political Successors Chippewa Cree \| Little Shell \| Turtle Mountain
Minor political Successors Red Lake \| White Earth

v • d • e Pillager Chippewa

Full political Successors Leech Lake
Minor political Successors White Earth

v • d • e Lake Superior Chippewa

Full political Successors Bad River \| Bois Forte \| Fond du Lac \| Grand Portage \| Keweenaw Bay \| Lac Courte Oreilles Lac du Flambeau \| Lac Vieux Desert \| Red Cliff \| Sokaogon \| St. Croix
Minor political Successors Leech Lake \| Mille Lacs \| White Earth