The Red Bear Pembina Chippewa Indians are a tribal nation who has acknowledgement and recognition under four United States Treaties: 1789 Treaty of Fort Harmar, 1863 Pembina Treaty of Old Crossing,1864 Supplemental Pembina Treaty at Old Crossing and the 1892 McCumber Agreement. Understanding that Federal Recognition comes from any ofContinue Reading
These treaties are living documents… If you’re a citizen of the United States today, you are party to these treaties and …Treaties are the supreme law of the land…We all have some responsibilities to each other, whether we like them or not, to uphold our responsibilities to each other that are dictated under the terms of these treaties. Congress did not just pass them and forget about them. Tribes did not just sign them and forget about them. They are very much living documents that essentially codified a way of life for both the Anishinaabe, the Indian people, as well as giving the settlers, the colonists access to some land they wanted. – Bob Shimek, Elder at the White Earth Chippewa ReservationContinue Reading
Tribal Youtube Channel: The Great Chippewa Nation Second Chief Midegah’s Poetry: Listen to Soundcloud Listen to the weekly series. also found at: The Lost Traveler Podcast Episode 3 Episode 2 Episode 1Continue Reading
The indigenous peoples of the Pembina Chippewa Tribe, are a historical tribe, whose members are lineal descendants of the 1863 Old Crossing Treaty signatories, and this tribal nation is Federally Recognized by Treaty under Article VI of the United States Constitution, via Legislative Branch recognition. Federal Recognition of nation v.Continue Reading
The health and well-being of the community was of prime importance to the Chippewa (Ojibwe, Ojibway), and a number of techniques and uses of plants were used to prevent and cure various illnesses. By the mid 1920s many of the pre-reservation era elders of the tribes with plant usage andContinue Reading
Following the second rebuttal to the McCumber agreement completed in tribal council with a quorum, on December 8th, 1893, Ozhawashko be nay shea or Yellowbird, counselor for Chief Little Shell III, stood and presented to Chief Little Shell III and the council the murder in cold blood of his son. Continue Reading