Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
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L'Anse Indian Reservation Keweenaw Bay Indian Community |
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| Reservation | ||
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 L'Anse Indian Reservation
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| Coordinates: 46°46′36″N 88°29′46″W / 46.77667°N 88.49611°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Michigan | |
| Counties | Baraga, Marquette | |
| Established | 1854 | |
| Re-establishment of tribal government | 1934 | |
| Government | ||
| • Governing Body | Tribal Council of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community | |
| • Tribal President | Warren C. Swartz | |
| • Tribal Vice President | Jennifer Misegan | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 92.132 sq mi (238.622 km2) | |
| Population (2000) | ||
| • Total | 3,672 | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| Website | http://www.kbic-nsn.gov/ | |
| Total population | |
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| (Enrolled members: 3,159 (1999)) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States (Michigan) |
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| Languages | |
| English, Ojibwe | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Odawa, Potawatomie |
The L'Anse Indian Reservation is the land base of the federally recognized Keweenaw Bay Indian Community 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 largest section lies in northern L'Anse Township and western Arvon Township on the east side of Keweenaw Bay, while the smaller section lies in northern Baraga Township on the west side of Keweenaw Bay. There is also a much smaller (43.07 acre) part of the reservation in northern Chocolay Township in northeastern Marquette County.
The total land area of the reservation is 92.132 sq mi (238.622 km²). As of the 2000 census, 3,672 persons resided in this territory, of whom more than 69 percent self-identified as white people. Some 24.4 percent identified as being Native American. 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.
This area was historically the territory of the L'Anse Band of the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians, a large, decentralized group of loosely associated bands around southern Lake Superior.
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