Fond du Lac Indian Reservation
Nah-Gah-Chi-Wa-Nong (Nagaajiwanaang) | |
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Indian reservation | |
 Fond du Lac Indian Reservation. (1854-1858 reservation shown in orange outline. 1858-present reservation shown in dark red.) Original core Fond du Lac Band area closer to the mouth of the Saint Louis River before relocation to the reservation shown in green. | |
| Area | |
• Total | 412.8 km2 (159.4 sq mi) |
| • Land | 400.1 km2 (154.5 sq mi) |
| • Water | 12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,184 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
The Fond du Lac Indian Reservation (or Nah-Gah-Chi-Wa-Nong (Nagaajiwanaang in the Double Vowel orthography), meaning "Where the current is blocked" in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota near Cloquet in Carlton and Saint Louis counties. Off-reservation holdings are located across the state in Douglas County, in the northwest corner of Wisconsin. The total land area of these tribal lands is 154.49 square miles (400.1 km2).[1] It is the land-base for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Before the establishment of this reservation, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa were located at the head of Lake Superior, closer to the mouth of the Saint Louis River, where Duluth has developed.
