Anishinabe Akhi

Anishinabe Akhi (HM1FF8)

Location: Eau Claire, WI 54703 Eau Claire County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 48.035', W 91° 30.235'

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"Indian Country"



??? The 1849 Ojibwe delegation to Washington, D.C. carried this pictograph depicting Ojibwe clans with their eyes and hearts connected to the chain of wild rice lakes south of Lake Superior. Drawing by Seth Eastman from Henry Schoolcraft's The Indian Tribes of the United States, Vol 1 (1851). State Historical Society of Wisconsin collection.



??? Many native people made their homes in the Chippewa Valley during the 17th and 18th centuries. Dakota (Sioux), Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Fox, Sauk, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Huron, Tionontati, Menominee and Ojibwe (Chippewa) families used the river system as a water highway for trade and subsistence, harvesting fish, wild rice and other needed resources. During the period 1740 - 1840, the Ojibwe and Dakota dominated the region and contended for the larger share of the fur trade. Competition led to bloodshed. To prevent further warfare and to pave the way for land sales, Americans called a treaty council at Prairie du Chien in 1825. The treaty established the southern boundry of Ojibwe lands, a "half day's march below the Falls of the Chippewa River".



??? By the 1830s, lumbermen and land speculators were lobbying Congress for access to the Northwest Territory. The United States acquired the Chippewa Valley by treaty in 1837. Ojibwe leaders reserved the right to hunt, fish and gather on the land as they had done for generations. Despite the agreement, government officials tried to "remove" Ojibwe families west of the Mississippi. In 1849 and again in 1852, Ojibwe representatives traveled to Washington to protest the removal efforts. President Millard Fillmore confirmed Ojibwe rights in 1852. Two years later a treaty established permanent Ojibwe reservations at Red Cliff, Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles and Lac du Flambeau. Left out of the treaty, Mole Lake and St. Croix Ojibwe did not receive reservations until the 1930s.



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University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
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HM NumberHM1FF8
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Marker Number6
Placed ByThe City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission; University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
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Date Added Saturday, September 13th, 2014 at 1:54pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 618322 N 4961886
Decimal Degrees44.80058333, -91.50391667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 48.035', W 91° 30.235'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 48' 2.1" N, 91° 30' 14.1" W
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Area Code(s)715
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1940 Chippewa River State Trail, Eau Claire WI 54703, US
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