Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation (North Dakota)

The Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation is located primarily in the Turtle Mountains, Rolette County, North Dakota.


 * Established -- 21 December 1882
 * Agency (BIA) -- Turtle Mountain Agency
 * Principal tribes -- Pembina Chippewa
 * Population -- 6,000 (2000 census)

History
The Turtle Mountain Reservation was established by executive orders, Dec. 21, 1882, Mar. 29 and June 3, 1884 and by an agreement made Oct. 2, 1892, amended by Indian appropriation act approved and ratified Apr. 21, 1904, (XXXIII194).

Records
Records of many of the Indians who have lived on the Turtle Mountain Reservation are among the records of the Turtle Mountain Agency records, some of which are available at the Central Plains Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Kansas City. .

The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Turtle Mountain Agency, as well as many pages of Indian Population Schedules for the native population of the Reservation. They are recorded as District 262, Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, in Rolette County, North Dakota.