Minnesota
Indian Tribes
Arapaho. There are traditions that they once lived along
Red River, in the present North Dakota and Minnesota, (See
Wyoming.)
Cheyenne. The earliest known home of this tribe was in that part of
Minnesota bounded roughly by the Mississippi, Minnesota, and upper Red
Rivers. From here they moved to the Sheyenne branch of Red River, North
Dakota. (See South Dakota.)
Chippewa
(See Chippewa)
Dakota. When first known to Europeans the Dakota were mainly in southern
Minnesota. They gradually moved westward but did not cede all of their
lands in Minnesota until 1863, and even then retained rights to the famous
Red Pipestone Quarry. (See South Dakota.)
Foxes. In 1830 representatives of this tribe were a party to a treaty
ceding Minnesota lands to the Whites. (See
Wisconsin.)
Iowa. According to tradition, this tribe lived for a time near the famous
Red Pipestone Quarry in southwestern Minnesota, and were at the mouth of
Minnesota River when the Dakota reached that country. They appear to have
been near the mouth of Blue Earth River just before Le Sueur arrived there
in 1701. Dakota informed him that Blue Earth River belonged to the Dakota
of the West, the Iowa, and the Oto. (See Iowa.)
Missouri. Representatives of this tribe were a party to the treaty of
1830, ceding Minnesota lands to the Whites. (See
Missouri.)
Omaha. At one time the Omaha lived about the Red Pipestone Quarry in
Minnesota. (See Nebraska.)
Oto. As noted above (under Iowa), the Oto are reported to have shared at
one time the ownership of Blue Earth River with the Iowa and the Western
Dakota. (See Nebraska.)
Ottawa. A band of Ottawa, in company with some Wyandot, once wintered on
Lake Pepin. (See Michigan.)
Ponca. This tribe was probably in southwestern Minnesota at the same time
as the Omaha. (See Nebraska.)
Sauk. In 1830 Sauk representatives were a party to a treaty ceding
Minnesota lands to the Whites. (See
Wisconsin.)
Winnebago. A part of the Winnebago lived in Minnesota from 1848 to 1862
after surrendering their reservation in Iowa Territory. (See
Wisconsin.)
Wyandot. This tribe visited the borders of Minnesota for a short period in
company with the Ottawa. (See Ottawa, above, and
Ohio.)
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