The White Earth Band of Ojibwe, or Gaa-waabaabiganikaag Anishinaabeg, is a Native American band located in northwestern Minnesota. The band's land-based home is the White Earth Indian Reservation. Historically, the tribe was formed from the unification of Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) bands displaced by European-American settlement from the northern part of the state. These bands are:
- Gull Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
- Removable Mille Lacs Indians
- Rabbit Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
- Rice Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa.
The White Earth Band is one of six component bands of the federally recognized Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, formed after the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act, which encouraged Native tribes to form self-governments.
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