Today
Today the bands are politically independent and are federally recognized as independent tribes with their own governments. They remain culturally closely connected to each other and have engaged in common legal actions concerning treaty rights, such as fishing for walleye. Many bands include "Lake Superior Chippewa" in their official tribal names (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, etc.)
Historical bands and political successors apparent are the following:
- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, merged from
- L'Anse Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (historical)
- Ontonagon Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (historical)
- Lac Vieux Desert Band of Chippewa
- La Pointe Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (historical): descendants are
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- St. Croix Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (historical): descendants are
- Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
- St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
- Sokaogon Chippewa Community
- Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Grand Portage Band
- Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
In addition to the full political Successors Apparent, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (via the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Minnesota), Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (via Removable Fond du Lac Band of the Chippewa Indian Reservation), and the White Earth Band of Chippewa (via the Removable St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin of the Gull Lake Indian Reservation) in present-day Minnesota retain minor Successorship to the Lake Superior Chippewa. They do not exercise the Aboriginal Sovereign Powers derived from the Lake Superior Chippewa.
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