Indigenous Peoples of North Dakota

The name North Dakota is from a Sioux word meaning "friend" or "Allies"

About 6,000 American Indians lived in North Dakota in 1910. By 1970 there were over 25,000. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs records of births, marriages, deaths, adoptions, censuses, schools, land allotments, probates, and miscellaneous records. They are available from about 1872 to 1952 for the agencies at Turtle Mountain, Standing Rock, Fort Totten, and Fort Berthold. The originals are at the National Archives—Central Plains Region. Internet: http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/

Records of various American Indian tribes are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under NORTH DAKOTA - NATIVE RACES and in the Subject Search under the name of the tribe, such as "Sioux" or "Chippewa."

See Also:

North Dakota-History for a calendar of events

North Dakota-Military Records for a list of forts