The tribe ceded land to the US as part of an 1837 treaty along with other Ojibwa bands the lands were located mainly from east-central Minnesota to north-central Wisconsin. Location of Fond du Lac Indian Reservation History Before the establishment of this reservation, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa were located at the head of Lake Superior, closer to the mouth of the Saint Louis River, where Duluth has developed. It is the land-base for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The total land area of these tribal lands is 154.49 square miles (400.1 km 2).
Off-reservation holdings are located across the state in Douglas County, in the northwest corner of Wisconsin. The Fond du Lac Indian Reservation (or Nah-Gah-Chi-Wa-Nong ( Nagaajiwanaang in the Double Vowel orthography), meaning 'Where the current is blocked' in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota near Cloquet in Carlton and Saint Louis counties.
