Sunday, October 11, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: October 11

October 11, 1904 – The commissioner of the general land office issued an order directing that the 130,000 acres of unsold lands of the Red Lake Indian reservation in Minn. be placed on sale immediately under homestead entry at $4 per acre. There were originally 256,000 acres of the lands set apart for settlement. Under a sale last June more than 100,000 acres of these were sold and 20,000 acres more were disposed of at a sale last week. The remainder is to be sold under the homestead laws at a flat price. The order, which was telegraphed to the local land officers today, requires the down payment of 20 percent of the cash price.1

Today, the Red Lake reservation is entirely owned and occupied by members of the Red Lake Band, making it unique among reservations in Minn. (As a result of allotment and sales in the intervening years, some tribes own less than 10% of the land within their reservation boundaries). Red Lake is the most isolated reservation in the United States.2

1The Saint Paul Globe; “Red Lake Lands Are Restored To Entry. Commissioner Richards Turns 130,000 Acres Back Into Public Domain”; October 12, 1904; p. 1.

2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lake_Indian_Reservation




http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/standoff-red-lake-indian-reservation-ends-seven-arrested/
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