Mosomo (Mooz-ah-moo) Point Campground

Located at 45033 State Highway 46 Deer River, MN 56636, 19 miles north of Deer River on Highway 46. Turn west on FR 2190, half mile past the Cut Foot Sioux Information Center. Mosomo Point reaches out into the transition area between Little Cut Foot Sioux and Big Cut Foot Sioux Lakes, and provides a protected spot for fishing boats. There are 23 sites.

ABOUT:
“Boozhoo biindigen (hello & welcome)” to Mosomo Point Campground!  The campground was established in 1959 and was named after Bob Mosomo who, along with his wife and family, occupied a cabin here until his death around 1939.  Bob Mosomo was a Leech Lake Citizen and is also remembered as the last Chief of the Winnibigoshish Band of Ojibwe. His cabin was burned after his death in 1939 to stop his children from occupying National Forest lands.  

The displacement of Indigenous people is a common theme throughout American history. The Chippewa National Forest was established on the treaty reserved homelands of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO). LLBO citizens retain the right to occupy federal lands as well as to hunt, fish and gather within their Reservation through treaties with the US government.  Although these rights were not always acknowledged by the Forest Service, they are today, and Leech Lake Citizens enjoy free camping across the National Forest.