L'Anse Reservation

Located at Michigan's Upper Peninsula, near Keewenaw Bay, is L'Anse Reservation (aka Keeweenaw Reservation) which has been violated by American leaders. Below are google earth photos of their town of Zeba, a map of L'Anse Reservation, demographics of L'Anse Reservation which are not reliable and a land cession map. Numbers 333 and 340 prove it's a Stevens Treaty Ojibwa Reservation! Land area number 569 was supposedly ceded. However, L'Anse Reservation is much larger and land area number 569 was not ceded. After War of 1812, a series of treaties followed in which Ojibwa's ceded most of their land to whites. On September 30, 1854, a large group of Ojibwa leaders from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, northern Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota reached a treaty agreement with Americans in which they ceded a large area of land. It's known as September 30, 1854's La Pointe Treaty. It was really one of Isaac Stevens Treaties and involved Ojibwa leaders from Montana who are the real Chippewa's of the Mississippi. Over a decade earlier or on October 4, 1842, Ojibwa leaders supposedly ceded a large area of land at Michigan's Upper Peninsula (it's western half) and northern Wisconsin including where American leaders set aside Menominee Reservation per that October 4, 1842 Treaty known as La Pointe Treaty of 1842, treaty agreements. Since two treaties were used to supposedly cede Ojibwa land, it don't make sense!

There are online websites telling of L'Anse Reservation covering around a third of Baraga County. That be 350 sq. mi. or more. Baraga County covers 1,069 sq. mi. or 2,768.7 sq. km. Per treaty agreements, 4 townships of land were set aside in 1854. That's 92,160 acres or 37,296 hectares. Supposedly they had problems with 1 township which led to loss of it's land. However, there are two parcells of land we must dispute or increase size of this L'Anse Reservation from 4 townships to 12 townships. A west Reservation was created for Vieux Desert Ojibwa's (Ontonagon), while an east Reservation was created for L'Anse Ojibwa's. If you see a map of L'Anse Reservation, you'll quickly notice two parcells of land. One is west of Keeweenaw Bay, while another is on Keeweenaw Bay's west and east. L'Ance Reservation is on both sides of Seagull Peninsula or Keeweenaw Bay and is around 432.0 sq. mi. It has 12 townships and not 4. It's terrain is mountainous or rugged. Ojibwa leaders wanted land whites didn't. This location was ideal for an Ojibwa Reservation to not only Ojibwa leaders but also American leaders. If you read September 30, 1854's Treaty, they did not describe in correct detail, where L'Anse Reservation and Vieux Desert Reservation would be located. They included township locations which are not reliable. In 1920, they reported that Mackinac Agency which handled affairs of L'Anse and Ontonagon (Vieux) Reservations, reported that L'Anse Reservation had an Ojibwa population of 1,093. They established Mackinac Agency in 1899 for L'Anse and Vieux Desert Ojibwa's. They discontinued Mackinac Agency in 1927. Researches on how English leaders and Canadian leaders negotiated with Ojibwa leaders about establishing Reservations, indicates agreements were reached in which all Ojibwa's of a specific group of Ojibwa People, were allotted land and that land allotted to them in compact form and held in common, became their Reservations.

Ojibwa leaders considered 1 mile to be 1 league which is three miles. Their Reservations are 3 times larger. That means L'Anse Reservation has a land area of 276,480 acres which is 12 townships. Vieux Desert Ojibwa Reservation has a land area also of 432.0 sq. mi. or 12 townships. Ontonagon Reservation is being used to deceive Ojibwa's of the Seagull Peninsula region. Ojibwa leaders always demanded that their Reservations had to be in compact form and could not be sold per treaty agreements. Ojibwa Reservations in the United States are larger because their population was larger. If land was farmland, allotments were much smaller. If land was desert, forested or wetlands, allotments were much larger. Allotment sizes ranged from 40 acres (16.2 hectares) to over 640 acres (259.0 hectares). American leaders did as the Canadian and English did. It's obvious! However, American leaders were more willing to set aside larger Reservations! Remember there are two Reservation with each containing 4 townships. Land set aside well west of Huron Bay were for Vieux Ojibwa's. Ontonagan Reservation is a part of L'Anse Reservation. It's the second Reservation set aside for L'anse and Vieux Desert Ojibwa's. Ojibwa leaders were not content and many gathered their Ojibwa Subjects and followed prophesy and migrated west and north.

Both L'anse and Vieux Desert Ojibwa's were set aside 12 townships and American leaders were very dishonest. Since American leaders were not honest about this L'Anse Reservation, we have to exclude September 30, 1854's Treaty, until an agreement is made that is favorable. We know it involves two Reservations. In fact, that is how L'Anse Reservation is depicted on maps. All unsold lands in Michigan in following townships. That is not helpful. It spells Deceit! Then an 1893 newspaper report tells of all of Michigan's Upper Peninsula remaining Ojibwa land or was land never ceded by Ojibwa leaders! Zeba is the only community east of Keeweena Bay. Baraga is actually an Ojibwa community. Whites become majority of the population of Baraga through illegal activities. All of Seagull Peninsula was probably set aside for Ojibwa People. Then the use of deceit by American leaders.

Zeba Road Closeup

Zeba Road Closeup

Zeba Road Closeup

Zeba Road Closeup

Zeba Road Closeup

Zeba Road Closeup

Zeba Road Closeup

Zeba Road Closeup

Demographics of L'Anse Reservation

Land Area: 432.0 sq. mi. or 1,118.9 sq. km.

Population: 3,396

Ojibwa: 994

White: 1,991

Black: 5 - (adjacent to L'Anse Reservation and it's population included with Baraga is Baraga Maximum Correctional Prison where 100's of blacks are incarcerated)

Mixed: 384

Hispanic: 39 - Hispanic population is corrupted as usual. Mexicans are predominantly descended from Native Americans who lived in United States eastern portion. Whites have forced them to lose their tribal identities.

Language: Ojibwa