Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Total population 30,000 Regions with significant populations North Dakota, United States Languages English, Ojibwe, Michif Religion Catholicism, Methodism, Midewiwin Related ethnic groups Chippewa Cree, Ottawa, Potawatomi The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (Ojibwe language: Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag) is a Native American tribe of Ojibwa and Métis peoples, 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] It is federally recognized and Richard McCloud is the current Tribal Chairman.
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