Editing North Dakota (section)

===Native American First Nations===
[[File:Kane Métis Buffalo Hunt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Paul Kane]] witnessed and participated in the annual [[bison hunting|bison hunt]] of the [[Métis people (United States)|Métis]] in June 1846 on the prairies in Dakota.]]

In the 21st century, North Dakota has an increasing population of Native Americans, who in 2010 made up 5.44% of the population. By the early 19th century the territory was dominated by Siouan-speaking peoples, whose territory stretched west from the Great Lakes area. The word "Dakota" is a Sioux (Lakota/Dakota) word meaning "allies" or "friends".

The primary historic tribal nations in or around North Dakota, are the Lakota and the Dakota ("[[The Great Sioux Nation]]" or "Oceti Sakowin", meaning the seven council fires), the [[Blackfoot]], the [[Cheyenne]], the [[Chippewa]] (known as [[Ojibwe]] in Canada), and the [[Mandan]]. There are six [[Indian reservation]]s in North Dakota--[[Spirit Lake Tribe]], [[Standing Rock Sioux Reservation]], [[Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate]], [[Fort Berthold Indian Reservation]], [[Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation]], and [[Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation|The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation]].