A faulty 18th century map led to the unusual bump along the northern border of the U.S., ... Minnesota's Northwest Angle, ... made in 1783 during the Treaty of Paris.

In the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842), they agreed on the boundaries that shaped the Northwest Angle. Joint American-British boundary commissions determined the angle’s precise boundaries.

Map of land ceded in the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe (MN DNR) The treaty was signed in La Pointe Wisconsin on Madeline Island – considered the spiritual homeland of the Ojibwe.

The 1855 treaty ceded a swath of land in northern and central Minnesota, and the 1855 Treaty Authority is composed of the beneficiaries of that treaty, including several Bemidji-area Ojibwe bands.

Curtis Gagnon's original citation from the Minnesota DNR, dated Dec. 19, 1984. He was cited for shooting a moose off the Grand Portage reservation. Gagnon sued, sparking the first off-reservation ...

The 2015 action on Gull Lake resulted in a gross misdemeanor for one activist, who sought to assert what he and others believe are treaty-given rights to hunt, fish and gather food within ...

Treaties between Native Americans and the U.S. government have always had their opponents. These agreements — designed largely to facilitate white settlement — are often contested in court. Earlier ...