Spirit Lake Tribe
Home  Tribe Prayer About SLT  Tribal Departments    ² Administration  ² Finance  ² Human Resources  ² Facilities  ² MIS  ² Enrollment   Tribal Programs	DESIGN REPRESENTATION   OUTER CIRCLE:   SPIRIT LAKE TRIBE, the Federal Government recognizes Native People as Indian Tribes, originally our tribe was known as Devils Lake Sioux and since has been correctly changed to Spirit Lake.   FOUR TIPIS represent the four districts of the Spirit Lake Reservation.   SEVEN STARS represent the seven campfires (Oc’eti S’akowin) of the Dakota Nation which are: Mdewakantonwan, Wahpekute, Sisitonwan, Wahpetonwan, Titonwan, Ihanktonwan and Ihanktonwanna. MIDDLE CIRCLE:   WAHPETONWAN, SISITONWAN AND IHANKTONWANNA were the three bands of Dakota residing here at Spirit Lake when the treaty was signed in 1867. INNER CIRCLE:   1867 TREATY is blank representing the promises that were made to the Indian People by the U.S. Government.   THE PEACE PIPE represents the Dakota Chiefs way of honoring their word when they signed the 1867 Treaty (the pipe is typical eastern Dakota).   THE SWORD AND WAR BONNET represent the peace agreement between the U.S. Army and the Dakota Warriors (the sword is typical 1860’s era).
	Updated 09/18/2009 Marshall DeMarce, MIS Director -- sltmisdir@gondtc.com Brooke Yankton, MIS Technician -- sltmistech1@gondtc.com