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1899 Bureau of American Ethnology Land Acquisition Map for the state of Minnesota

Item

Title
1899 Bureau of American Ethnology Land Acquisition Map for the state of Minnesota
Description
A map by Charles C. Royce for the 1899 Bureau of American Ethnology, showing all land cessions made through all treaties between Native tribes in the state of Minnesota. The darker highlighted line indicated the boundary between Dakota and Ojibwe land laid out by the Treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1825. The city of St. Cloud lies just on the border of this boundary.
Creator
Charles C. Royce
Cyrus Thomas
Source
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Eighteenth annual report ... 1896-'97. pt. 2, p. 521-997, 67 maps (part double). 30 cm.
Date
1899
Rights
Smithsonian Institution
Format
Book/ Printed Material
Language
English
Type
Map