ATTORNEY GENERAL: NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION:
An Inventory of Its Legal Files Relating to Minnesota Ojibwe Bands at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Attorney General. Natural Resources Division. | |
| Title: | Legal files relating to Minnesota Ojibwe bands. | |
| Dates: | 1887-2010 (bulk 1971-1988). | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Litigation and subject files relating to various Ojibwe bands and reservations in Minnesota, including the Red Lake, Leech Lake, White Earth, Grand Portage, Bois Forte, and Fond du Lac bands. | |
| Quantity: | 2.0 cubic feet (2 boxes) | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Most document or relate to court cases that went to the state Supreme Court and concern such issues as hunting and fishing rights, tribe-issued motor vehicle licenses, regulation of handguns, tribal courts, and ceded restored lands.
ARRANGEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Attorney General. Natural Resources Division. Legal Files Relating to Minnesota Ojibwe Bands. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 2015-6
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 008081289
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
LITIGATION FILES, 1887-1995 (BULK 1975-1988)
Organized by agency-assigned identification number.
| 109.I.18.12F | IND 7A: Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v State of Minnesota, et al., Court Exhibits, 1887-1936. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Precedent-setting case that went to the state Supreme Court concerning the validity in the state of Minnesota of motor vehicle licenses and registration performed by the Red Lake Band. Contains copies of documents, including correspondence from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and publications. | |||||||||||||
| IND 7L: Red Lake Reservation - State of Minnesota v William J. Lawrence, 1988. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota Supreme Court case concerning hunting and fishing rights; includes court documents. | |||||||||||||
| IND 8A: White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians v Herbst/Alexander, 1977-1982. 10 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Case concerning hunting and fishing rights is referred to as both White Earth v Herbst and White Earth v Alexander. Primarily court documents with some correspondence, including documents from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. | |||||||||||||
| 109.I.18.13B | IND 8B: State of Minnesota v Clark, et al., 1975-1980. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota Supreme Court case concerning hunting and fishing rights; contains court documents and printed briefs. | |||||||||||||
| IND 41: Robert Folstrom v State of Minnesota, Handgun Regulation, 1982-1983. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota Supreme Court case concerning regulation of handguns; contains court briefs, pleadings, and correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| IND 82: Albert Anthony Bellecourt v Arne Carlson, et al., 1986-1995. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Concerns hunting and fishing rights; includes news articles on Bellecourt, pleadings and correspondence. | |||||||||||||
SUBJECT FILES, 1938-2010 (BULK 1940S-1980S)
Organized alphabetically by title.
| 109.I.18.13B | Grand Portage, Bois Forte and Fond du Lac Chippewa Bands: June 1988 Hunting and Fishing Agreement under the 1854 treaty [IND 221], 1988. | ||||||||||||
| Contains U.S. District Court memorandum and order. | |||||||||||||
| Judgment on Reciprocity/Recognition of Tribal Court Orders and Judgments [I 227], 2002. | |||||||||||||
| Contains document from the Minnesota Tribal Court/State Court Forum. | |||||||||||||
| Jurisdiction: Red Lake, Hunting on Minnesota Northwest Angle [IND 195], 1999. | |||||||||||||
| Leech Lake Reservation: General: Correspondence [IND 6], 1971-1986. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Primarily correspondence and court documents concerning various issues relating to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, including state funding for a reservation conservation department and the court case Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v Herbst, et al. (which concerned hunting and fishing rights on the Leech Lake Reservation). | |||||||||||||
| Northwest Angle Land Issues Proposal: Red Lake Band of Chippewa [I 228], 2010. | |||||||||||||
| Red Lake Ceded Restored Lands Report, U.S. Department of the Interior [IND 203], 1938-1989 (bulk 1940s and 1980s). 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes a copies of the report and of miscellaneous associated documents, such as relevant court decisions, correspondence, and lists of subdivisions and sections ceded to the Red Lake Indian Reservation. | |||||||||||||
| Tax: Exempt License Plates for Indians [IND 216], 1981. | |||||||||||||
| Tribal Courts, Collection of Foreign Judgments [IND 213], 1996. | |||||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Automobile license plates -- Minnesota.
- Firearms -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Indian courts.
- Indians of North America -- Minnesota -- Politics and government.
- Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Indians of North America -- Hunting -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Minnesota.
- Motor vehicles -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Ojibwa Indians -- Government relations.
- Ojibwa Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Ojibwa Indians -- Minnesota -- Politics and government.
- Ojibwa Indians -- Land tenure -- Minnesota.
- Tribal government -- United States.
- Places:
- Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians.
- Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa Indians.
- Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians.
- Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.
- Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota.
- White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians.
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