Ed Wilson and Mike Flatt at the dedication of Grand Portage as a National Historic Site

Image from the 1951 ceremony dedicating Grand Portage as a National Historic Site. Ed Wilson, the chief of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT), is shown speaking at a podium in front of the reconstructed Great Hall. Mike Flatt, head of the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa, is seated at right. The Grand Portage Band is part of the MCT, which was created as a result of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. The ceremony was attended by politicians, officials, and conservationists from Minnesota, the federal government, and Canada—some of whom are visible behind Wilson and Flatt. Photograph by Abbie Rowe.