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Metadata about this document

Titles
Ratified Indian Treaty 297: Chippewa of Sault Ste. Marie - Detroit, Michigan, August 2, 1855
Other Titles
Ratified Indian Treaty #297
RIT 297
RIT #297
National Archives Identifier
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/178354845
Level of description
File Unit
Creation date
Aug. 2, 1855
Contains
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa Indians of Sault Ste. Marie, Concluded August 2, 1855, and Ratified April 24, 1856 (Copy 1 of 5)
Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa Indians of Sault Ste. Marie Signed at Detroit, Michigan
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa Indians of Sault Ste. Marie, Concluded August 2, 1855, and Ratified April 24, 1856 (Copy 5 of 5)
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa Indians of Sault Ste. Marie, Concluded August 2, 1855, and Ratified April 24, 1856 (Copy 4 of 5)
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa Indians of Sault Ste. Marie, Concluded August 2, 1855, and Ratified April 24, 1856 (Copy 2 of 5)
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa Indians of Sault Ste. Marie, Concluded August 2, 1855, and Ratified April 24, 1856 (Copy 3 of 5)
Handwritten Copy of the Senate's Advice and Consent to Treaty Ratification
Typed Copy of Letter from Secretary of the Interior R. McClelland to the Secretary of State
Instrument of Ratification Signed by President Franklin Pierce and Secretary of State W. L. Marcy
Named Native nations
Chippewa
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
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)
396
464
Signatory
United States of America