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'''Knute Nelson''' (born '''Knud Evanger'''; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]]-born [[United States|American]] attorney and politician active in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Minnesota]]. A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the [[Wisconsin Legislature|Wisconsin]] and [[Minnesota Legislature|Minnesota
Nelson is known for promoting the [[Nelson Act of 1889]] to consolidate Minnesota's [[Ojibwe]]/[[Chippewa]] on a reservation in western Minnesota and break up their communal land by allotting it to individual households, with sales of the remainder to anyone, including non-natives. This was similar to the [[Dawes Act of 1887]], which applied to Native American lands in the [[Indian Territory]].
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