Ontonagon Indian Reservation

Coordinates: 46°58′27″N 89°06′12″W / 46.97417°N 89.10333°W / 46.97417; -89.10333
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Ontonagon Indian Reservation
EDT)
ZIP code(s)
49953 (Ontonagon)
Area code906

The Ontonagon Indian Reservation is the homeland of a branch of the

Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe
. Its twelve bands were located throughout Michigan and the Upper Midwest.

Since the

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, successor apparent to this and the Ojibwe (as the Chippewa are known) of the former L'Anse Band. 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

The tribe retains hunting, fishing and lumbering rights on its reservation.

References

  1. ^ "Lac Vieux Desert Band of Chippewa Indian Community" Archived 2015-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2020-02-13 at archive.today United States Census Bureau