American Indian Communities in Minnesota -
Reservation Summary Table
American Indian Communities in Minnesota
Reservation Summary Table
|
|
Reservation
Area
(Acres)
|
Tribal Land
Area
(Acres)
|
Number of
Residents
(1995)
|
Labor
Force
(1995)
|
Unemployment
(1995)
|
Casinos
|
| C
H
I
P
P
E
W
A
|
Bois Forte |
105,284 |
30,035 |
2,162 |
1,147 |
38% |
1 |
| Fond Du Lac |
100,000 |
4,213 |
6,676 |
3,733 |
63% |
2 |
| Grand Portage |
47,000 |
37,390 |
394 |
222 |
5% |
1 |
| Leech Lake |
602,880 |
14,069 |
6,260 |
2,161 |
26% |
2 |
| Mille Lacs |
61,000 |
3,937 |
1,408 |
591 |
8% |
2 |
| White Earth |
837,120 |
56,116 |
4,546 |
1,910 |
55% |
1 |
| Red Lake |
825,654 |
825,654 |
8,111 |
2,588 |
36% |
3 |
| S
I
O
U
X
|
Lower Sioux |
1,743 |
1,743 |
393 |
100 |
25% |
1 |
| Prairie Island |
400 |
400 |
285 |
41 |
0% |
1 |
| Shakopee
Mdewakanton |
1,500
|
1,500
|
517 |
105 |
70% |
1 |
| Upper Sioux
|
746 |
746 |
362 |
97 |
8% |
1 |
Reservation Information Sources
Area/Tribal Land/Allotted Land:
- Tiller, Veronica Velarde; Tiller's Guide to Indian Country: Economic Profiles of
American Indian Reservations, 1996, BowArrow Publishing Company, Albuquerque,
New Mexico. (Also titled: American Indian and Reservation Trust Areas, 1996,
Economic Administration, US Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.) or "Annual
Report," Indian Affairs Council 1996 and 1997.
- Mille Lacs - Information provided by Thomas Burr, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Cass Lake
MN.
Number of Residents/Reservation Enrollment:
- Number of residents gives figures for American Indians living on or near the
reservation.
- Indian Service Population and Labor Force Estimates, Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1995.
- Shakopee Mdewakanton: Service Population and Labor Force Estimates, January
1997.
Employment:
Indian Service Population and Labor Force Estimates, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs 1995. (Based on number of resident figures.)
School Attendance:
Public School information: Novak, Yvonne, Minnesota Department of Children, Families and
Learning; Interview, enrollment data, March 1998.
BIA schools: Portra, Terry; Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Indian Education Minneapolis
Area Office, "Enrollment Data for Minnesota Schools," February 1998.
Health Care:
Conrey, Phoebe; "1994 Primary Care Access Plan," Minnesota Department of Health, Office
of Rural Health and Primary Care, January 1995.
Casino:
Doyle, Pat; "The Casino Payoff" - three-part Star Tribune Special Report, November 2, 1997,
November 3, 1997, and November 4, 1997.
Communities:
Tiller's Guide, reservation specific information/publications.
Brief History:
- Tiller's Guide; Rosenblatt, Judith Ed.; Indians in Minnesota, University of Minnesota
Press, Minneapolis, 1985.
- Anderson, Dennis; "Mille Lacs: A History. Chippewa History in Minnesota Dates to
1600's," Star Tribune, March 23, 1997; and reservation specific
information/publications.
Government:
Tiller's Guide, reservation specific information/publications.
Economic Development:
Tiller's Guide, reservation specific information/publications.
Reservation Specific Sources
- Brill, Charles; "Red Lake Nation: Portraits of Ojibway Life," University of Minnesota
Press, 1992.
- Business Council of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community; "Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community," 1991 and 1993 reports.
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- Day, Donald: Coordinator; A History of Kitchi Onigaming: Grand Portage and Its
People, The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Cass Lake MN, 1983.
- Giese, Paula; "Prairie island Dakota (Sioux) Reservation," http://indy4
.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/maps/MN/prairie.htm.
- Giese, Paula; "Upper Sioux Dakota Reservation," http://indy4
.fdl.cc.mn.ud/~isk/maps/MN/uppersio.htm.
- Mino-Bimadiziwin: A Newsletter of Projects and Information About the White Earth
Reservation, Winter 1994, "White Earth Land Recovery Project."
- Nerburn, Kent Project Director - Project Preserve, Red Lake High School; To Walk the
Red Road: Memories of the Red Lake Ojibwe People, Red Lake Board of Education,
1989.
- Red Lake Band of Chippewa; "Experience The Red Lake Nation," 1995.
References Including Information Specific to Individual Reservations
- Tiller, Veronica Velarde; Tiller's Guide to Indian Country: Economic Profiles of
American Indian Reservations, 1996, BowArrow Publishing Company, Albuquerque,
New Mexico. (Also titled: American Indian and Reservation Trust Areas, 1996,
Economic Administration, US Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.)
- Rosenblatt, Judith Ed.; Indians in Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press,
Minneapolis, 1985.
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