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New road signs mark Mille Lacs Reservation’s 1855 borders

Sign marks borders of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation.
A newly posted sign along southbound Minnesota Highway 169 marks the borders of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation as established in an 1855 treaty. Mille Lacs County disputes that the original reservation, encompassing about 61,000 acres, still exists.
Courtesy of Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe