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According to the tribal enrollment office in 2014, the tribe had 7,256 enrolled members. [1] At the time of the U.S. 2010 census, 3,587 members out of a total of 4,238 people (including non-tribal members) were residing on the reservation. The unemployment rate was 47.3% in 2000. The largest community on the reservation is Fort Totten.
The reservation consists of 988,000 acres (4,000 km 2), of which 457,837 acres (1,853 km 2) are owned by Native Americans, either as individual allotments or communally by the tribe. [4] The McLean National Wildlife Refuge lies within its boundaries. The Tribe reported a total enrollment of 15,013 registered tribe members in March 2016.
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe alleged the 2021 redistricting map “simultaneously packs Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians members into one house ...
The Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake tribal chairs did not immediately respond to messages for comment. The judge also denied a motion by the tribes to order one of their proposed maps into place ...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Another American Indian tribe in North Dakota is challenging the state's voter identification requirements, which many Native Americans allege discriminate against them and ...
The program slowly expanded under tribal governance, and the tribe established Cankdeska Cikana Community College in the 1970s. CCCC was established to provide higher education opportunities for the people of the Spirit Lake Reservation, including classes to preserve Dakota culture and language.
Additionally, the Spirit Lake Tribe had long since become self-sufficient. Indeed, as historian Heather Mulliner writes, "the army’s presence at Totten had become more a nuisance than a source of support." [3]: 325 The Spirit Lake Tribe had established their own government and police force, who often clashed with the soldiers at Fort Totten ...
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, the Spirit Lake Tribe and three tribal members sued last year, seeking a joint district for the two tribes.