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La Pointe Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe: Mooningwanekaaning Gichigamiwininiwag, "The Lake Superior Men at the Place Abundant with the Yellow Flickers") are a historical Ojibwe band of the Lake Superior Chippewa, located about what now is Madeline Island, Wisconsin. Their political successors apparent are: Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians - descendants of the Traditional La Pointe Band and Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa - descendants of the Christian La Pointe Band
The Red Cliff Band is one of the successors of the Lake Superior Chippewa the group of Ojibwe that moved west along the south shore of Lake Superior from Sault Ste. Marie. According to tradition, the Ojibwe came from the Atlantic coast via several stopping places to Chequamegon Bay directed by the Great Spirit {Gichi Manidoo} to find the "food that grows on water" (wild rice). Madeline Island represented the final stopping place.
During the 17th century, French fur traders and Jesuits arrived on Madeline Island and set up a trading post at La Pointe with a Catholic mission. In the 18th century, the La Pointe Ojibwe spread throughout the mainland of what would become Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Ojibwe that remained in the vicinity of Madeline Island were referred to as the La Pointe Band.
After a disastrous 1850 attempt at removing the Lake Superior bands resulting in the Sandy Lake Tragedy, the US Government agreed to setting up permanent reservations in Wisconsin with the Treaty of La Pointe (1854). At this point, the La Pointe band split with Roman Catholic members under the leadership of Chief Buffalo taking a reservation at Red Cliff, and those maintaining traditional Midewiwin beliefs settling at Bad River. The two bands, however, maintain close relations to this day. (source: from Wikipedia)
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