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3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 10

Minnesota's 11 Tribal Nations

Where they are and how they govern

What your child practices

Where Minnesota's 11 Tribal Nations are (seven Anishinaabe, four Dakota), what it means that each is sovereign, and how Tribal governments work with local and state governments.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 3.1.6.1; 3.1.4.1 · locating the 11 Tribal Nations of Minnesota and how they interact with local and state government

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Minnesota has 11 Tribal Nations: seven Anishinaabe and four Dakota.
  2. Each Tribal Nation is sovereign: it governs itself.
  3. Tribal governments work with the state government to government.

Example: How many of Minnesota’s 11 Tribal Nations are Anishinaabe? Four are Dakota. 11 − 4 = 7. Answer: 7

Minnesota's 11 Tribal Nations in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 10 of 10 in 3rd grade Social Studies, after Working Together Fairly.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Mille Lacs Band lives near…

    • Duluth harbor
    • Mille Lacs Lake
    • the Gulf of Mexico
    • Lake Superior

  2. Question 2

    Most Dakota communities are in the…

    • southern part of Minnesota
    • Canada
    • Lake Superior
    • far north

  3. Question 3

    Prairie Island is a Dakota community along the…

    • Mississippi River
    • Lake Superior
    • Lake of the Woods
    • Red River

  4. Question 4

    Leech Lake and White Earth are…

    • Anishinaabe nations
    • Dakota towns in the south
    • cities in Iowa
    • rivers

  5. Question 5

    Most Anishinaabe reservations are in the…

    • northern part of Minnesota
    • Iowa
    • Twin Cities
    • far south

  6. Question 6

    People who are citizens of a Tribal Nation are also citizens of…

    • only Canada
    • no country
    • only their city
    • the United States and Minnesota

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