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Location and Climate
The Turtle Mountain Reservation is located in Rolette County in the north-central part of the state near the Canadian border. There are currently 26,000 enrolled tribal members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.
The dimensions of the reservation are 6 X 12 miles. There are 46,000 acres of surrounding Indian lands and 34,428 acres of individually owned lands. The area consists of low rolling hills and a wide variety of trees including oak, ash, birch, poplar, willow, and wild fruit trees. About 40% of the land is covered with small ponds, lakes, and sloughs.
The spring of the year is beautiful with all the new leaves and flowers budding, the birds singing, and the ducks and geese flying North. The summer temperatures average about 75 degrees to 95 degrees Fahrenheit and warmer, giving hot, sometimes rainy, weather for all the wild fruits and berries to grow. Our fall season is breathtakingly beautiful with a vast array of colors bursting from the leaves of the trees in our wooded lands and also from all the wheat fields. Our winters are cold and crisp with plenty of snowfall some years. This weather can be very enjoyable for those people who love to snowmobile, ice fish, or ski (downhill or cross country).
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