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| http://nolan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/for-immediate-release-house-approves-nolan-bill-to-permit-long-awaited | House Approves Nolan Bill to Permit Long-Awaited Land Exchange Between Fond du Lac Band and Carlton County | 2013-12-03 | 2013 | 2013-12 | Democrat | House | MN | Rick Nolan | N000127 | nolan.house.gov | legacy | (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Carlton County would be permitted to go forward with a long-awaited land exchange under legislation passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill passed by voice vote. Minnesota’s Eighth District Congressman, Rick Nolan, authored the bill (H.R. 2650) in accordance with a federal requirement that Congress approve the exchange of freely-owned Tribal lands not held in trust. Minnesota Senator Al Franken is shepherding virtually identical legislation through the Senate. Under the agreement negotiated by the Band and Carlton County, approximately 3,200 acres currently owned by the county within the boundaries of the Fond du Lac Reservation will be returned to the Fond du Lac Band, in exchange for 1,451 acres of equal value the Band owns outside the Reservation. Speaking on the Floor of the House before today’s vote, Nolan explained that the agreement helps rectify a treaty broken long ago. “Despite the 1854 treaty that set aside 101,000 acres of land exclusively for the Fond du Lac Band Reservation, homesteaders and others were wrongly allowed to settle on this land – much of which was then later forfeited to the County for non-payment of taxes. The result today is a checkerboard of ownership that significantly limits both the Band’s and the County’s ability to effectively manage the lands they both control.” “The agreement provides space for the Band to construct much-needed housing for its 6,700 members, as well as for traditional hunting and gathering. It also opens up valuable new timber and forestry resources for Carlton County,” Nolan continued. H.R.2650 is modeled after statutes passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000 and 2004, allowing the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Minnesota to accomplish similar transactions. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |