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Photographer: Paul Fehrenbach
Taken: September 25, 2016
Caption: A Turning Point in Place and Time Marker
Additional Description: Chief Buffalo

Shoving off from Madeline Island in 1852, Chief Buffalo, in his 90s, traveled by canoe to Sault Ste. Marie, steamer to Detroit, and railroad to Washington, D.C. He helped persuade the government to stop the removal of the Ojibwe from their native lands. In the process, the LaPointe Treaty of 1854 established permanent reservations, including Red Cliff and Bad River. Descendants of Buffalo remain in this region to this day.
Submitted: September 27, 2016, by Paul Fehrenbach of Germantown, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p364210
File Size: 0.621 Megabytes

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