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Minnesota has eleven Native American reservations and communities (seven Anishinaabe (Chippewa, Ojibwe) reservations and four Dakota (Sioux) communities).

  • Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
  • Fond Du Lac Reservation
  • Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians
  • Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
  • Lower Sioux Indian Community
  • Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
  • Prairie Island Indian Community
  • Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
  • Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community
  • Upper Sioux Community
  • White Earth Reservation
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