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White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (Dakota: Šúŋkawakháŋ Ská Pahá, formerly known as Sullys Hill National Game Preserve) is a National Wildlife Refuge and nature center located on the shore of Devils Lake in Benson County, North Dakota, within the Spirit Lake Tribe reservation.
The present Spirit Lake Casino and Resort is owned and operated by the tribe and is located in St. Michael, North Dakota. The casino has brought new sources of income and helped to stabilize the tribal economy employing over 300 people with 75% being Native American.
The Dakota name is reflected in the name of the Spirit Lake Tribe and the nearby town of Minnewaukan. [6] European-American settlers mistranslated the name to mean "Bad Spirit Lake", or "Devils Lake". [6] The "bad" referred to the high salinity of the lake, making it unfit to drink, and "spirit" meant the mirages often seen across the water. [6]
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 reservation has a total population estimated at 6,000.
Grahams Island State Park is a public recreation area in North Dakota occupying 959 acres (388 ha) on the eastern flank of Grahams Island in Devils Lake.At one time there were four recreational units on the lake, collectively known as Devils Lake State Parks, but rising water caused three units to be closed, leaving only Grahams Island State Park in operation.
The present site of Devils Lake was, historically, a territory of the Dakota people. However, the Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cut-Head bands of the Dakotas were relocated to the Spirit Lake Reservation as a result of the 1867 treaty between the United States and the Dakota that established a reservation for those who had not been forcibly relocated to Crow Creek Reservation in what is now South ...
Devils Lake: Last remaining unit of the four former Devils Lake State Parks: Icelandic State Park: Pembina: 930.3 acres (376.5 ha) 1964 Lake Renwick: Includes the Gunlogson Arboretum Nature Preserve Lake Metigoshe State Park: Bottineau: 1,508.53 acres (610.48 ha) 1937 Lake Metigoshe: Adjacent to Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, Manitoba: Lake ...
Tokio is an unincorporated community in southeastern Benson County, North Dakota, United States, on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation. It lies southeast of the city of Minnewaukan, the county seat of Benson County. [2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 58379. [3]