L'Anse Indian Reservation
The L'Anse Indian Reservation is the land base of the federally recognized Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (Ojibwe: Gakiiwe’onaning) of the historic Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians. (The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community was defined in 1934 by the Indian Reorganization Act as the successor apparent of the L’Anse and Ontonagon bands). The reservation is located primarily in two non-contiguous sections on either side of the Keweenaw Bay in Baraga County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The Keweenaw Bay Community also manages the separate Ontonagon Indian Reservation.
L'Anse Indian Reservation
Gakiiwe’onaning Keweenaw Bay Indian Community | |
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Locations within Baraga County (left) and Marquette County (right) | |
Location within the State of Michigan | |
| Coordinates: 46°46′36″N 88°29′46″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| Counties | Baraga and Marquette |
| Established | 1854 |
| Re-establishment | 1934 (tribal government) |
| Government | |
| • Governing Body | Tribal Council of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community |
| • President | Warren C. Swartz |
| • Vice President | Gary Loonsfoot Jr. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 110.06 sq mi (285.1 km2) |
| • Land | 91.98 sq mi (238.2 km2) |
| • Water | 18.08 sq mi (46.8 km2) 16.4% |
| (includes off-reservation trust land) | |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 3,396 |
| • Density | 36.9/sq mi (14.3/km2) |
| (includes off-reservation trust land) | |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Website | http://www.kbic-nsn.gov/ |
| Total population | |
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| Enrolled members: 3,159 (1999) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Michigan) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Ojibwe | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Odawa, Potawatomie |
As of 2020, the L'Anse reservation had a land area of 91.98 square miles (58,870 acres; 238.2 km2), including off-reservation trust land. The population living on the reservation was 3,396 in the 2020 census. Most of the village of Baraga and part of the village of L'Anse are on reservation land. In 1999, tribal enrollment was 3,159 according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1999 Labor Force Report.