1874 Delegation to Washington DC ‘Aisance’ Little Shell I (b. ca.1756 – d. 1813) Term of Leadership from about 1776 to 1813. Killed in battle at Devil’s Lake. ‘Makadeshib’ Black Duck (b. ca. 1790 – d. 1824) Served as ‘regent’ from 1813 until 1815, until Weesh-e-damo (Little Shell II) came of age. ‘Weesh-e-damo’ Little Shell […]
Fort Pembina Attacked The fort at Pembina was attacked by a party of 200 Sioux at midnight of July 22, 1808. There were then twenty-two men bearing arms, fifty women and many children encamped in the vicinity. Alexander Henry defended the fort with the men encamped outside, nine men inside, and a mortar loaded with […]
RISING SUN – Se-gon-ake-skung Rising Sun (Se-gon-ake-skung) was a notable headman and visionary of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. He was one of the original signers of the Red Lake and Pembina Chippewa Treaty at the Old Crossing 1863. Rising Sun’s village was located near Dunseith, North Dakota, at the western edge of Lake […]
Students, alumni, and faculty from the University of Minnesota’s Ojibwe language program discuss the techniques and experiences which have helped them achieve proficiency in this endangered language. This Elder interview is part of the North Dakota Native American Essential Understandings project. To learn more about the North Dakota Native American Essential Understandings visit here. Max […]
In regard as to how the Red River received its name, Rev. E. G. Wright of Oberlin, who came to Red Lake in 1843, and was a missionary for forty years among the Chippewa Indians of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, states that the Indians informed him that under the water was another world, and that […]
1874 Delegation to Washington DC ‘Aisance’ Little Shell I (b. ca.1756 – d. 1813) Term of Leadership from about 1776 to 1813. Killed in battle at Devil’s Lake. ‘Makadeshib’ Black Duck (b. ca. 1790 – d. 1824) Served as ‘regent’ from 1813 until 1815, until Weesh-e-damo (Little Shell II) came of age. ‘Weesh-e-damo’ Little Shell […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF DULUTH (MN) JOURNAL Father Genin, 1888 To the Editor of the Journal: It is now too late that I may have time to look for the official report I had to make in June, 1888, about the deplorable state of affairs and the intolerable suffering of the Turtle Mountain Indians, […]
Seneca Snakeroot Below are some medicines used by the Turtle Mountain Chippewa to cure common ailments. Please do not try these remedies at home. Always consult a medicine man before using these remedies… _______________________________________________ White Pine. The needles of the white pine could be crushed and applied to relieve headache. The vapors of boiled […]
The man on the phone said simply, “We want you to help our tribe start a weekly newspaper.” The man on the line was Richard J. “Jiggers” LaFramboise, then chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the year was 1992. I flew up to the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota not too […]
In the spring of, 1860, Charles Grant was encamped with a party of Ojibwe and Metis hunters on the Mouse River. In the middle of the night, twelve horses were stolen. No trace of the horses could be found.Later that summer, a party of thirty-six Yankton Dakotas arrived at St. Joseph with the stolen horses […]
In the spring of, 1860, Charles Grant was encamped with a party of Ojibwe and Metis hunters on the Mouse River. In the middle of the night, twelve horses were stolen. No trace of the horses could be found.Later that summer, a party of thirty-six Yankton Dakotas arrived at St. Joseph with the stolen horses […]
The Chairmen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa since the establishment of the Tribe under the constitution of 1932: _ 1932-1940 Kanick (Walking with Thunder) 1940, 1941, 1943, and 1944 Louis Marion 1942, 1947 Frank Vondal 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950-1953, Edward (Chick) Jollie 1949 Norbert Davis 1954-58, Patrick Gourneau 1959-61 Louis LaFountain 1962-1963 Francis […]
Below are some selections from the many talented Ojibwe and Metis authors from the Turtle Mountain Chippewa community. Books include narratives, histories, poems, explorations in cuisine, and novels of unique complexity. There’s something for everyone seeking to know more about the rich culture and interesting people of the Turtle Mountains. At the heart of Thunderbird […]
Once, a long time ago, a young man lived with his wife and children in a remote area near a large lake. He would go hunting every day and would return with all sorts of game. During one of his hunting trips, he saw a fat squirrel and shot it with his arrow. As he was […]
