The Ojibwe's Sandy Lake Journey
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This map shows the locations of some of the villages of the 19 Ojibwe Bands whose treaty annuities were paid at Sandy Lake in 1850.
Waymark Code: WM4E94
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2008
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The Ojibwe's Sandy Lake Journey - This map shows the locations of some of the villages of the 19 Ojibwe Bands whose treaty annuities were paid at Sandy Lake in 1850. Today, these 19 Bands are succeeded by the 12 federally-recognized Bands whose present-day reservations also are shown. The Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Bands - who were required to come to Sandy Lake rather than go to LaPointe on Madeline Island for their treaty payments - traveled hundreds of miles. Some of the approximate distances and the likely canoe/foot routes involved were: Red Cliff/La Pointe (Madeline Island) to Sandy Lake via Lake Superior. St. Louis River and Savanna Rivers/Savanna Portage (220 miles) Bad River to Sandy Lake via Lake Superior, St. Louis River and Savanna Rivers/Savanna Portage (250 miles) Lac du Flambeau to Sandy Lake via Chippewa River and route traveled from Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac Courte Oreilles to Sandy Lake via Namekagon River, St. Croix River, Bois Brule River, Lake Superior, St. Louis River, and Savanna Rivers/Savanna Portage (430 miles) Lac Vieux Desert to Sandy Lake via Ontonagon River, Lake Superior, St. Louis River and Savanna Rivers/Savanna Portage 370 Miles Keewenaw Bay to Sandy Lake via Lake Superior. St. Louis River and Savanna Rivers/Savanna Portage (460 Miles) [created by the Minnesota Historical Society 2001] ~ text of marker
Marker Type:: Roadside
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