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The combined peoples live primarily at the L'Anse Indian Reservation at the western end of Lake Superior. [1] The Ontonagon Reservation is located in northeastern Ontonagon Township, in northeastern Ontonagon County, on the south shore of Lake Superior, about 20 km northeast of the village of Ontonagon, Michigan, United States.
The L'Anse Indian Reservation is the land base of the federally recognized Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (Ojibwe: Gakiiwe’onaning) of the historic Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians. (The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community was defined in 1934 by the Indian Reorganization Act as the successor apparent of the L’Anse and Ontonagon bands). [ 4 ]
L'Anse (/ l ɑː n s / LAHNSS) is a village and the county seat of Baraga County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The population was 1,874 at the 2020 census . [ 8 ] The village is located within L'Anse Township in the Upper Peninsula and partially inside the L'Anse Indian Reservation .
Under the federal Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, which otherwise encouraged tribes to re-established self-government, the Lac Vieux Desert Band lost their independent federal recognition. Together with the formerly independent L'Anse and Ontonogon bands, they were classified as members of the newly named Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. But ...
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The final treaty in 1854 established permanent reservations in Michigan at L'Anse, Lac Vieux Desert, and Ontonagon. In 1934 under the Indian Reorganization Act, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community was defined as successor apparent to the L'Anse, Lac Vieux Desert, and Ontonagon bands. Government functions were centralized with it, although all ...
As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,158, making it Michigan's fifth-least populous county. [3] The county seat is L'Anse. [4] The county is named after Bishop Frederic Baraga, a Catholic missionary who ministered to the Ojibwa Indians in the Michigan Territory. [1] The L'Anse Indian Reservation of the Ojibwa is within Baraga County.
L'Anse Township is a civil township of Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census , the township population was 3,551. [ 4 ] The township contains Mount Arvon and Mount Curwood , Michigans highest and second-highest points, as well as the village of L'Anse .