Notable Residents
- Chief Little Shell III
His father was chief Little Shell II. His father was chief Little Shell I. Little Shell I was native to the region around Devil's Lake, North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Little Shell II was native to the Devil's Lake region and probably on up to the Turtle Mountain Plateau and extreme southern Manitoba. Chief Little Shell III was also native to the same region and enjoyed that entire region. He was very fond of the Turtle Mountain Plateau region. He eventually moved to where the present day Montana town of Plentywood is located. He owned land there. Chief Little Shell III is famous for refusing to sign the infamous 10 cent an acre treaty. The United States forced him off Reservation rolls. He left his Montana home and moved to the Turtle Mountain Reservation. He died and was buried there in 1901.
- Charles Cuthbert Bayris Grant
He was a councilor to both chief Little Shell II and chief Little Shell III. Bayris worked with chief Little Shell II during the Old Crossing Treaty. In fact, his brother Charles Grant was a signatory to the infamous 1863 Old Crossing Treaty. During the late 1880s and early 1890s, Cuthbert Bayris Grant worked with chief Little Shell III and his other councilors, during the negotiations over the 10 cent an acre treaty. He was born in 1835. He was a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
- Leonard Peltier, a leader of the American Indian Movement, grew up here.
- Louise Erdrich, writer, grew up on Turtle Mountain Reservation, and is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
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