Trenton is supposedly a part of the Turtle Mountain Reservation but that is incorrect. An office was established in Trenton for the Chippewa's who were supposedly allotted over 400,000 acres in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota after the fraudulent 1892 treaty known as the infamous 10 cent an acre treaty was ratified by the United States in 1904. At the present time, the Trenton Indian Service Area claims the population of the Chippewa's in the Montana and North Dakota Counties within its area (in Montana it covers Sheridan, Roosevelt, and Richland Counties - in North Dakota they are Divide, Williams, and McKenzie Counties) is over 2,600. Another 600 or so other Indians from other tribes are included as well. They be Arikara (they are partially Anishinabe), Assiniboine (they are partially Anishinabe), Hidatsa (they are also partially Anishinabe), and Mandans.
These allotments are really a part of the Chippewa Reservation established sometime after 1892 for those Chippewa's who lived around Fort Peck Reservation, after the illicit eradication of the huge Blackfeet Reservation, and also for the Chippewa's who lived on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Ogima Little Bear refused to ratify the 1892 treaty which is really the 1887 Sweetgrass Hills Treaty. Chippewa land in North Dakota had nothing to do with the 1892 10 cent an acre treaty. It was about the huge (21.5 million acre) Blackfeet Reservation in Montana and most of western North America. A map of the 21.5 million acre Blackfeet Reservation is below. I suspect the Chippewa Reservation established after the 1892 10 cent an acre treaty was signed, was set aside at what was the Fort Buford Military Reservation in Montana and North Dakota, which is the real Turtle Mountain Reservation of Montana and North Dakota. The Turtle Mountain Reservation in Rolette County, North Dakota is not the Turtle Mountain Reservation of Montana and North Dakota. The real Turtle Mountain Reservation of Montana and North Dakota covers 900 sq. mi., or 576,000 acres.
Sometime after 1904, the United States illicitly eradicated the Chippewa Reservation and handed out allotments to individual Chippewa's in northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota. Fort Buford Military Reservation was originally used by the United States to hold large numbers of Chippewa's and their allies, as POWS to prevent them from continuing to war with the white invaders. That changed in 1892.
On the wikipedia map below, you will find the Trenton Indian Service Area land allotments where the red dots are located in far northeastern Montana (Sheridan County which borders Canada and North Dakota - far eastern Roosevelt County which is where much of the Fort Peck Reservation is - and Divide and Williams Counties in North Dakota). With a constant Chippewa determination to cling on to their Anishinabe identity in northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota, it eventually led to the creation of a large Chippewa Reservation in Valley County, Montana. It is known today as the Fort Belknap-Rocky Boy Reservation. Phillips County, Montana was a part of Valley County, Montana in 1904 and the Fort Belknap Reservation was partially in Valley County, Montana then. The Trenton Indian Service Area was established decades later to serve the Chippewa's who continued to live on their land allotments, in northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota.
As for how much land the Chippewa's own now in the Trenton Indian Service Area, it is likely concealed as a part of the land allotted to the Chippewa's who lived on the Fort Buford Reservation and a part of the Montana Public Domain Allotments which, according to white historians, were handed out to Chippewa's up to 1930. White historians claim over 400,000 acres was supposedly handed out to either over 3,000 or over 5,000 or more Chippewa's, nearly 100 years ago.
From research, i learned that around 640 allotments were handed out to Chippewa's after the Fort Buford Chippewa Reservation was illicitly eradicated. With the average allotment size being 160 acres, it gives the allotments an area that covers 102,400 acres. However, the United States claims that a total of 1,188 total allotments were handed out to the Chippewa's in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, between 1904 and 1920, and over 2,000 other allotments from Public Domain Land in Montana were handed out in Montana for the Chippewa's. So the total number of allotments is more than three times as large, or could cover near 300,000 acres. Some accounts claim that only around 30,000 acres remains of the acres allotted (becareful because that information may be incorrect) to the Chippewa's in Daniels County, Roosevelt County, and Sheridan County in Montana, and Divide County and Williams County in North Dakota. Most of the land allotments were handed out in Daniels County, Roosevelt County, and Sheridan County, Montana. A cover-up is in place. Read the Seven Fires Prophecy.
Most of the Chippewa's of these land allotments possibly live in North Dakota. Williston, North Dakota has around 400 Chippewa's living there, and Trenton, North Dakota has close to 300 Chippewa's. Trenton is the main settlement for these allotments. Trenton is about 52% Indian and 48% white. It has the appearance of a fine looking settlement but it does have its share of gravel roads as you will see in the Trenton photographs. I have tried contacting the Trenton Indian Service Area about the land allotments but was told i would have to contact the Chippewa allotties to learn if it is possible to exploit the land. If you like to help me attempt to learn more about this obvious cover-up, use the contact link to email me. The Chippewa population in Sheridan County, Montana is only around 40. You know something is wrong if Sheridan County only has 40 or so Chippewa's, by seeing how many Chippewa land allotments are located in Sheridan County on the wikipedia map below. Below is an 1892 map of North Dakota which shows the Fort Buford Military Reservation. Of course, that is the real Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation of Montana and North Dakota.
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Demographics of the Trenton Indian Service Area (the Turtle Mountain Reservation of Montana and North Dakota)
Covers 900 sq. mi. or 576,000 acres.
Population is over 3,200. Most are Chippewa's, with the remainder being Arikara, Assiniboine, Crow (Hidatsa), and Mandan.
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Trenton: Population is 524
Trenton has around 175 or more housing units and covers an area of several sq. mi. A few Chippewa's are farming on some of their land allotments around Trenton. From the Trenton office, the affairs of the Chippewa's in the Trenton Indian Service Area, are carried out. However, the Trenton Indian Service Area is considered to be a part of the Turtle Mountain Reservation. There are several businesses in Trenton, as well as a school, along with the Trenton Indian Service Area Tribal office. Since the community is doing fairly well economically, the average household size should be around 3.0 persons per housing unit. At the present time, the ogimak of the Trenton Indian Service Area are trying to gain their own Reservation status. Below are links to several photohraphs of the Anishinabe town of Trenton.
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