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Ben Harrison: It is hereby ordered that the following tracts of land in the State of Minnesota, viz: Fractional section 33 in township…

On the recordNovember 20, 1892
It is hereby ordered that the following tracts of land in the State of Minnesota, viz: Fractional section 33 in township 152 north, of range 32 west, and fractional sections 4, 9, 16, 17, 19, and 20, and section 21 in township 151 north, of range 32 west, be, and the same are hereby, reserved from entry and sale as public lands and added to the Red Lake Indian Reservation, as a part of the same for the use and benefit of the Indians thereof, with like tenure as the other lands now included within the reservation, according to the terms of the agreement negotiated with said Indians by the Chippewa Commission, in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved January 14, 1889 (25 Stats., 642), which agreement was approved by the President March 4, 1890.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Executive Order—Expansion of Red Lake Indian Reservation Boundaries

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