Show lands of chippeway Chipp ewas may be united into forest cass lake minn indians of the cas lake tribes hope within a few years to concentrate their land fand hold ings now in allotments scattered throughout the chippewa national forest into a few communities meetings of the minnesota chip pews council have been held throughout the tle forest and at a final meeting here a resolution was adopted petitioning congress to per mit exchange of scattering allot ments for forest lands solidly blocked up near towns in the forest the proposed consolidation would benefit the indians greatly it would bring them closer to schools and roads and make medical services more easily available and comma anity activities more conven ent marketing of farm and other prod acts would be facilitated greatly two methods of obtaining the lands are available an tion has been made for purchase for land landles lese indians of the chippewa na tion this may be used to obtain lands not yet acquired by the forest service tribal funds also may be used though a complication enters there tribal funds belong to the entire chippewa nation in tribes on several reservations indians on these reservations have a claim on the tribal funds though most of the money came from ales of timber once the prop erty of the cass lake tribe the general council here authorized the use of the tribal funds which will benefit most the cass lake indians |