Indigenous nations want reparations, understanding over land seizure with U
Kevin DuPuis, chairman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, said the Cloquet Forestry Center land is “rightfully ours.” The 3,400-acre stretch is a University of Minnesota research outpost on land the federal government deeded to the university without the tribe’s consent.
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For more than a century, the 3,400-acre stretch has been home to the University of Minnesota Cloquet Forestry Center, a research outpost on land the federal government deeded to the university without the tribe’s consent. Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have long taken issue with the U’s presence there, demanding transparency about its research and defying a hunting ban around the forestry center. To this day, the tribe is fighting to reclaim the land.