Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Belcourt is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rolette County, North Dakota, United States. It is within the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. The population was 1,510 at the 2020 census. [4] The community is the seat of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (Ojibwe language: Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag) is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Ojibwe based on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota. The tribe has 30,000 enrolled members.
The main part of the Turtle Mountain Reservation is located in Rolette County, North Dakota. It covers 72 square miles (46,000 acres; 19,000 ha). Another 26,175 acres (10,593 ha) is located in Rolette County, North Dakota, around the Turtle Mountain Reservation. [citation needed] Total acres in Rolette County are 72,255 acres (29,241 ha ...
It was the only county in the state to support George McGovern in 1972 and is additionally the only North Dakota county to have supported Jimmy Carter in 1980. [22] In each of the five presidential elections from 1996 to 2012, the Democratic candidate received over 60% of the vote, with Barack Obama winning 75.1% in 2008 and 74.0% in 2012.
Peltier was born on September 12, 1944, [15] at the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa near Belcourt, North Dakota. He was one of 13 children. [ 16 ] His parents divorced when he was four years old, [ 17 ] with Leonard and his sister Betty Ann living with their paternal grandparents Alex and Mary Dubois-Peltier ...
Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC) is a private tribal land-grant community college in Belcourt, North Dakota. It is located ten miles (16 km) from the Canada–US border in Turtle Mountain, the north central portion of North Dakota. In 2012, TMCC's enrollment was 630 full- and part-time certificate and degree-seeking students.
A member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa tribe whose imprisonment for many symbolized the continued oppression of Native people in the United States and whose trial raised questions of ...
The Turtle Mountain Times is a weekly [1] local newspaper based in Belcourt, North Dakota. [2] It is published in print edition only, and in English. [1] It was established by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the first edition was published in June 1993. [3]