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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. A population of 5,815 reside on the main reservation and another 2,516 reside on off-reservation trust land (as of the 2000 census).[1]

Notables from the Turtle Mountain Band:

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Chairman Richard Jiggers Lafromboise
Joseph "Beef" LaFromboise
Hyancinthe Ignace ‘Char-kee-tarn’/’Tchee-kee-tarn’ Parisien
Joseph Montrielle, Warrior of Pembina
Joseph Charles Bottineau
Joseph Kar-yence Delorme
William Davis
Chairman Francis Eagle Heart Cree
Chairman Patrick Moses “Aun-nish-e-naubay” Gourneau
Chief Kanik Walking With Thunder
Gabriel Dumont
Louis David Riel
Jean Baptiste Bottineau
Red Thunder Misco be naice, II
Red Bear Miscomaquah
Little Shell III, Ayabiwewidang “Sits and Speaks ”
Little Shell II Way-ke-ge-ke-shig
Chief Joseph Kaishpa "The Elevated One" Gourneau
Barbara K. Charbonneau-Dahlen, PhD RN, nurse, advocate
Heid E. Erdrich, author, poet
Louise Erdrich, author
William Gardner (1884–1965), one of the Untouchables
Hillary Kempenich, painter
David T. McCoy, attorney and state politician in North Carolina
Leonard Peltier, American Indian Movement member and author
Mark Turcotte, poet
Waubojeeg ("White Feather", "King Fisher") (c. 1747–1793), chief and warrior

References

Wikipedia contributors, "Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, < link > (accessed February 11, 2024).
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Belcourt, North Dakota. < link >
“The History and Culture of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.” (1997) < PDF >
“Turtle Mountain.” North Dakota Studies, State Historical Society of North Dakota, < link >
Wikipedia contributors, "Ojibwe," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, < link (accessed February 11, 2024).