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The present site of Devils Lake is historically territory of the Dakota people.The Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cut-Head bands of Dakotas were relocated to the Spirit Lake Reservation as a result of the 1867 treaty with the United States that established a reservation for Dakotas who had not been forcibly relocated to Crow Creek Reservation in what is now called South Dakota.
Following the conclusion of the Dakota War of 1862, several displaced Dakota people (who now form the Spirit Lake Tribe) had been relocated to the area around Devils Lake. During the mid-1860s, Major General John Pope had put forth plans to create a line of forts across the newly formed Dakota Territory. One of these was to be located on the ...
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 ...
The name "Devils Lake" is a calque of the Dakota words mni (water) wak’áŋ (literally "pure source", also translated as "spirit" or "sacred"). [5] The Dakota consider it holy because they believe it is the home of the underwater serpent Unktehi. [3] The Dakota name is reflected in the name of the Spirit Lake Tribe and the nearby town of ...
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Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge) [8] is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet (264 m) from ...
In South Dakota, most of the eastern part of the state is covered by the Drift Prairie. The Missouri River cuts through the center of the state. To the east of the river are low hills and lakes formed by glaciers referred to as the Drift Prairie. The area is bordered on the east by the Minnesota River Valley and on the west by the James River ...
ND 5 at Rock Lake: Canadian border: 1926: c. 1939: section from Rock Lake to the South Dakota state line until that section was transferred to US 281 in 1932; remainder transferred to US 281 by 1940 ND 4: 10.283: 16.549 US 281 / ND 5 in Armourdale: PTH 5 at the Canadian border: 1997: current ND 5: 335.813: 540.439 MT 5 near Fortuna