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Titles
Ratified Indian Treaty 296: Ottawa and Chippewa (Sault Ste. Marie Bands, Grand River Bands, Grand Traverse Bands, Little Traverse Bands, and Mackinac Bands) - Detroit, Michigan, July 31, 1855
Other Titles
RIT #296
RIT 296
Ratified Indian Treaty #296
National Archives Identifier
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/178331415
Level of description
File Unit
Creation date
July 31, 1855
Contains
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, Concluded July 31, 1855, and Ratified September 10, 1856
Treaty Between the United States and the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (Sault Ste. Marie Bands, Grand River Bands, Grand Traverse Bands, Little Traverse Bands, and Mackinac Bands) Signed at Detroit, Michigan
Senate's Advice and Consent to Treaty Ratification, with Amendments
Assent to Treaty Amendments by Chiefs of the Sault Ste. Marie Bands of Chippewa Indians
Assent to Treaty Amendments by Chiefs of the Little Traverse Bands of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Assent to Treaty Amendments by Chiefs of the Grand Traverse Bands of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Assent to Treaty Amendments by Chiefs of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Instrument of Ratification Signed by President Franklin Pierce and Secretary of State W. L. Marcy
Named Native nations
Chippewa
Ottawa
Present-day Nations
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin
Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota
White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Cessions with shared date(s)
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Signatory
United States of America