Official Name: | Ontonagon Indian Reservation |
Settlement Type: | Indian reservation |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Label: | Ontonagon Reservation |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States |
Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontonagon |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Ontonagon |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 9.777 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.775 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 0 (permanent) |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Coordinates: | 46.9742°N -89.1033°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 49953 (Ontonagon) |
Area Code: | 906 |
The Ontonagon Indian Reservation is the homeland of a branch of the Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe. Its twelve bands were located throughout Michigan and the Upper Midwest.
Since the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, members of the former Ontonagon Band have been included as part of the federally recognized Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, successor apparent to this and the Ojibwe (as the Chippewa are known) of the former L'Anse Band. The combined peoples live primarily at the L'Anse Indian Reservation at the western end of Lake Superior.[1]
The Ontonagon Reservation is located in northeastern Ontonagon Township, in northeastern Ontonagon County, on the south shore of Lake Superior, about 20 km northeast of the village of Ontonagon, Michigan, United States. The reservation has a land area of 3.775 sq mi (9.777 km2) and had no resident population as of the 2010 census.[2] The tribe retains hunting, fishing and lumbering rights on its reservation.