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:

  1. 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.
  2. Mille Lacs - Information provided by Thomas Burr, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Cass Lake MN.

Number of Residents/Reservation Enrollment:

  1. Number of residents gives figures for American Indians living on or near the reservation.
  2. Indian Service Population and Labor Force Estimates, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1995.
  3. 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:

  1. Tiller's Guide; Rosenblatt, Judith Ed.; Indians in Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1985.
  2. 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

  1. Brill, Charles; "Red Lake Nation: Portraits of Ojibway Life," University of Minnesota Press, 1992.
  2. Business Council of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community; "Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community," 1991 and 1993 reports.
    3. >
  3. Day, Donald: Coordinator; A History of Kitchi Onigaming: Grand Portage and Its People, The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Cass Lake MN, 1983.
  4. Giese, Paula; "Prairie island Dakota (Sioux) Reservation," http://indy4 .fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/maps/MN/prairie.htm.
  5. Giese, Paula; "Upper Sioux Dakota Reservation," http://indy4 .fdl.cc.mn.ud/~isk/maps/MN/uppersio.htm.
  6. Mino-Bimadiziwin: A Newsletter of Projects and Information About the White Earth Reservation, Winter 1994, "White Earth Land Recovery Project."
  7. 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.
  8. Red Lake Band of Chippewa; "Experience The Red Lake Nation," 1995.

References Including Information Specific to Individual Reservations

  1. 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.)
  2. Rosenblatt, Judith Ed.; Indians in Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1985.



Next Page |  Table of Contents | Senate Counsel & Research home page