The Tribal Nations that Share Minnesota’s Geography
Prairie Island Indian Community (Tinta Wita) is Carleton’s nearest Indigenous neighbor and the easternmost Dakota nation that shares geography with Minnesota. In Fall 2021, then-Prairie Island Tribal Council President Shelly Buck and Prairie Island staff visited campus as the first presidential delegation from a Native Nation to visit campus in its 155-year history.
Eleven Tribal Nations share geography with Minnesota:
- Prairie Island Indian Community | Tinta Wita
- Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community | Mdewakanton
- Upper Sioux Community | Pezihutazizi Oyate
- Lower Sioux Indian Community | Cansa’yapi
- White Earth Nation | Gaa-waabaabiganikaag
- Bois Forte Band of Chippewa | Asabiikone-zaag’igan
- Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Nagaachiwanong
- Grand Portage Band of Chippewa | Gichi Onigaming
- Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag
- Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe | Misi-zaaga’iganiing
- Red Lake Nation | Miskwaagamiiwi-Zaagaiganing
Learn more on the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council website.