Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians (Ojibwe

Ojibwe language

Ojibwe , also called Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of the Algonquian language family. Ojibwe is characterized by a series of dialects that have local names and frequently local writing systems...

: Aniibiminani-ziibiwininiwag)
are a historical band of Chippewa (Ojibwe)

Ojibwa

The Ojibwe or Chippewa are among the largest groups of Native Americans–First Nations north of Mexico. They are divided between Canada and the United States. In Canada, they are the third-largest population among First Nations, surpassed only by Cree and Inuit...

, originally living along the Red River of the North

Red River of the North

The Red River is a North American river. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers in the United States, it flows northward through the Red River Valley and forms the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota before continuing into Manitoba, Canada...

 and its tributaries.
Through the treaty process with the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, the Pembina Band were settled on reservations in Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 and North Dakota

North Dakota

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

. Few tribal members refusing settlement in North Dakota relocated northward and westward, some eventually settling in Montana. The successors apparent of the Pembina Band are:

• Chippewa Cree Tribe
  Chippewa Cree
  The Chippewa Cree Tribe is a mixed group of Native Americans in Montana, among the last to come into the state. They are descended from Cree that had come south from Canada, and from Chippewa that had moved west from the Turtle Mountains in North Dakota....
  
   of the Rocky Boys Indian Reservation (in part)
• Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana
  Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians
  The Little Shell Band of Chippewa Native Americans was an Anishinaabe tribe, The Little Shell Band did, in fact, once exist as a branch of the Chippewa on the northern Great Plains in the 19th century. Most were pushed westward out of Minnesota and North Dakota to Montana...
  
   (in full)
• Red Lake Band of Chippewa
  Red Lake Indian Reservation
  The Red Lake Indian Reservation covers 1,258.62 sq mi in parts of nine counties in northern Minnesota, United States. It is divided into many pieces, although the largest piece is centered about Red Lake, in north-central Minnesota, the largest lake entirely within that state. This section lies...
  
   (in part)
• Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation
  Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation
  Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation is a First Nation in southern Manitoba, Canada. It has a registered population of 2,152 individuals. The First Nation has three reserves, of which the Roseau River No. 2 has an area of 22.242 square kilometres , while the Roseau Rapids No. 2A is considerably...
  
   (in full)
• Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
  Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
  The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians is a Native American tribe of Ojibwa and Métis peoples, based on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota. The tribe has 30,000 enrolled members...
  
   (in full)
• White Earth Band of Ojibwe
  White Earth Indian Reservation
  The White Earth Indian Reservation is the home to the White Earth Nation, located in northwestern Minnesota. It is the largest Indian reservation in that state...
  
   (in part)

In addition, Little Shell Pembina Band of North America

Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians

The Little Shell Band of Chippewa Native Americans was an Anishinaabe tribe, The Little Shell Band did, in fact, once exist as a branch of the Chippewa on the northern Great Plains in the 19th century. Most were pushed westward out of Minnesota and North Dakota to Montana...

, a militia-type group made up of one former Little Shell Chippewa family, white militia members, and one Indonesian who attempted a coup against the government of Fiji, also claim as a successor apparent of the Pembina Band.

External links

• Anti-Defamation League's article on the Little Shell Pembina Band of North America