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Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation is an Indian Reservation
Indian reservation

An Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native Americans of the United States tribe under the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs....
 located primarily in northern North Dakota
North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States and Western United States regions of the United States of America. North Dakota is the 19th largest state by area in the US; it is the 48th most populous, with just over 640,000 residents as of 2006....
. It is the land-base for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians is a Native Americans in the United States tribe of Ojibwa and Metis peoples, based on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota....
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Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation was established by Presidential Executive Order on December 21, 1882.






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Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation is an Indian Reservation
Indian reservation

An Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native Americans of the United States tribe under the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs....
 located primarily in northern North Dakota
North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States and Western United States regions of the United States of America. North Dakota is the 19th largest state by area in the US; it is the 48th most populous, with just over 640,000 residents as of 2006....
. It is the land-base for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians is a Native Americans in the United States tribe of Ojibwa and Metis peoples, based on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota....
.

Reservation

The Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation was established by Presidential Executive Order on December 21, 1882. The main reservation lies in the northern part of Rolette County, North Dakota
Rolette County, North Dakota

Rolette County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of 2000, the population was 13,674. Its county seat is Rolla, North Dakota....
 and has a land area of 175.039 kmē (67.583 sq mi) and a 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
 population of 5,815 persons. However, there are very extensive off-reservation trust lands that make the reservation's lands the most widely dispersed of all reservations in the nation. These lands are spread across 22 counties in three states: North Dakota, Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
, and South Dakota
South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America. It is named after the Lakota people and Sioux Sioux Native Americans in the United States tribes....
. Including these lands the reservation's land area rises more than three-fold to 603.560 kmē (233.036 sq mi). Its total resident population at the 2000 census was 8,331. Rolette County itself has the largest portion of off-reservation trust land, but there are significant parcels in Phillips
Phillips County, Montana

Phillips County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. The Missouri River defines its southern boundary. As of 2000, the population is 4,601....
, Blaine
Blaine County, Montana

Blaine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of 2000, the population is 7,009. Its county seat is Chinook, Montana. It was named in honor of James G....
, Sheridan
Sheridan County, Montana

Sheridan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of 2000, the population was 4,105. Its county seat is Plentywood, Montana....
, and Roosevelt
Roosevelt County, Montana

Roosevelt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of 2000, the population was 10,620. Its county seat is Wolf Point, Montana....
 Counties in Montana, and in Williams County, North Dakota
Williams County, North Dakota

Williams County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of 2000, the population was 19,761. Its county seat is Williston, North Dakota....
. Sixteen other counties have lesser amounts of land.

Communities

  • Belcourt, North Dakota
    Belcourt, North Dakota

    Belcourt is a census-designated place in Rolette County, North Dakota, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 2,440 at the 2000 United States Census....
  • East Dunseith, North Dakota
    East Dunseith, North Dakota

    East Dunseith is a census-designated place in Rolette County, North Dakota, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 219 at the 2000 United States Census....
  • St. John, North Dakota
    St. John, North Dakota

    St. John is a city in Rolette County, North Dakota, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 358 at the 2000 United States Census. St....
     (part, population 7)
  • Shell Valley, North Dakota
    Shell Valley, North Dakota

    Shell Valley is a census-designated place in Rolette County, North Dakota, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 395 at the 2000 United States Census....
     (most, population 395)


Notable residents

  • Leonard Peltier
    Leonard Peltier

    Leonard Peltier is an American activist and member of the American Indian Movement who was convicted and sentenced in 1977 to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder of two FBI Agents who were killed during a 1975 shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation....
    , American Indian Movement
    American Indian Movement

    The American Indian Movement , is an Native Americans in the United States activist organization in the United States. AIM burst onto the international scene with its Bureau of Indian Affairs building takeover of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 1972 and the 1973 Wounded Knee incident, South Dakota, on the P...
     leader, grew up here.

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