Treaty-Based Conservation Services - 1854 Treaty Authority
1854 Treaty Authority, Duluth, MN 55811
Eligibility
Hours
Application process
Call; visit website
Fees
Vary
Service area
Cook County, MN
Lake County, MN
Saint Louis County, MN
Description
Regulates off-reservation hunting, trapping, and fishing seasons/limits for enrolled band members. Additional services include: - Issues licenses and carcass tags to hunters - Registers harvested animals in accordance with the Conservation Code and the 1988 Agreement with the State of Minnesota. Also plays an active role in monitoring the status of natural resources within the Ceded Territory. Other activities include research, habitat evaluation and restoration, and involvement with environmental issues.
Last Assured
12/18/2025
Providing organization
1854 Treaty Authority
Inter-tribal natural resource management organization that implements off-reservation hunting, fishing, and gathering rights of the Grand Portage and Bois Forte Bands of the Lake Superior Chippewa in the territory ceded in the Treaty of 1854