MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – A piece of legislation that aims to compensate the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for land taken by the state from the L’Anse Indian Reservation during the late 19th and early 20th centuries has unanimously passed the United States Senate.
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025, introduced by Michigan’s Sen. Gary Peters, aims to compensate the KBIC for at least 4,000 acres of reservation land that were taken by the United States government, which violated both the 1842 and 1854 treaties that guaranteed the tribe rights to the land and created the boundaries of the L’Anse Indian Reservation.
If the bill, S.642, is signed into law, the KBIC would be apportioned $33,900,000 for the 2026 fiscal year.
A version of the bill had previously passed the Senate but had stalled in Congress. Sen. Peters reintroduced the legislation earlier this year.
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