1 Natural Resource Treaty Rights in the Great Lakes Area In the early to mid-1800s, the Tribes of the 1854 Treaty Authority, the Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority (CORA), and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) negotiated a series of land cession treaties with the United States. The Tribes sold, or ceded, their title to over 73 million acres of lands and waters. In return, the United States promised that the Tribes could continue their ways of life in their ancestral homelands. These treaty areas are commonly referred to as “ceded territories.” Treaty rights also endure within reservations and adjacent waters by virtue of the locations of the reservations. 1854 Treaty Authority Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa CORA Bay Mills Indian Community Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians GLIFWC Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians Bay Mills Indian Community Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Sokaogon Chippewa Community (Mole Lake Band) St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Member Tribes