It is about 225 miles (362 km) from Minneapolis–Saint Paul and roughly 65 miles (105 km) from Fargo–Moorhead.Ĭommunity members often prefer to identify as Anishinaabe or Ojibwe rather than Chippewa, a corruption of Ojibwe that came to be used by European settlers to refer to them.
The reservation includes all of Mahnomen County, plus parts of Becker and Clearwater counties in the northwest part of the state, along the Wild Rice and White Earth rivers. It is the largest Indian reservation in that state by land area. 'Where there is an abundance of white clay') is the home to the White Earth Band, located in northwestern Minnesota. The White Earth Indian Reservation (Ojibwe: Gaa-waabaabiganikaag, lit.
'One Called From A Distance' ( Midwewinind) of the White Earth Band, wearing beaded sash and vest, 1894
