that reservation so they would no longer be landless. In 1934, the Cass Lake, Lake Winnibigoshish and Leech Lake Pillagers, together with the White Oak Point Reservation of the Mississippi Chippewa and the Removable Lake Superior Chippewa Bands of the Chippewa Reservation, agreed to a merger and re-organization. Together, these central Minnesota peoples formed today's Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, consolidated chiefly on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. The successors apparent of the Pillagers are: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe White Earth Band of Chippewa In turn, that year the Leech Lake and White Earth bands participated in writing a constitution for a new tribal government. They were two of six bands that formed the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe for their overall government and services within the area of the state. References External links The 1847 Treaty between the United States and the Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians Native American tribes in Minnesota Ojibwe in Minnesota