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Fort Totten State Historic Site is a historic fort that sits on the shores of Devils Lake near Fort Totten, North Dakota. During its 13 years of operation as a fort, Fort Totten was used during the American Indian Wars to enforce the peace among local Native American tribes and to protect transportation routes.
Fort Totten is a census-designated place (CDP) in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,243 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] Fort Totten is located within the Spirit Lake Reservation and is the site of tribal headquarters.
The General Store and Post Office in Saint Michael, ND School children enjoying wagonride at Fort Totten, late 19th or early 20th century. Fort Totten is the reservation's economic and government center. The tribal administration, tribal college and Spirit Lake Consulting offices are located in the community.
South of Fort Totten off ND 57 47°58′39″N 98°59′35″W / 47.9775°N 98.993056°W / 47.9775; -98.993056 ( Fort Totten State Historic Fort Totten
The tribal headquarters is in New Town, the 18th largest city in North Dakota. Created in 1870, the reservation is a small part of the lands originally reserved to the tribes by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, which allocated nearly 12 million acres (49,000 km 2) in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming. [3] [4]
In 1891, Agent Waugh of Fort Totten, convened a committee of 16 full bloods and 16 mixed bloods to take a census of the Chippewa and set boundaries for a new reservation. Little Shell III wanted to obtain a 30 square mile tract at Turtle Mountain, but when that proposal was rejected, he and his followers abandoned the meeting. [2]
IHS received the largest grant in aid of $1.6 million. "Without him we would still be waiting in limbo, " Latore said. "This wouldn't be possible without state support and community support."
Fort Totten may refer to: Fort Totten (Queens), a Civil War–era military installation in New York City; Fort Totten, North Dakota. Fort Totten State Historic Site, a Dakota frontier-era fort and Native American boarding school; Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood in north east Washington, D.C. Fort Totten (WMATA station), a Metro ...