| Summary: | Manufacturing Turtle Mountain Manufacturing Company has produced cargo trailers and truck boxes, mostly for U.S. military contracts, since 1978. The company is J00 percent tribady owned and operated. It employs 134 to 160 persons full-time and grosses about $19 million annually. Turtle Mountain Manufacturing is currently planning a 20,000 square-foot expansion of its facilities. Services Uniband Data Entry Corporation has been providing data entry and data processing services to both government agencies and private corporations since 1987. Operators enter information on worksheets provided to Uniband by a contractor. Begun as a joint venture with a private firm, Uniband is now fully owned by the tribe. Uniband currently employs 65 people and has the capacity to employ up to 300. A shopping mall operates on the reservation, containing a large supermarket, post office, bank, barber and hairstylist shops, among other grocery stores, gas stations, and the like. Tourism and Recreation The reservation's numerous lakes and forested hillsides afford excellent fishing, hunting, and other outdoor recreation. The tribe celebrates St. Ann's and Turtle Mountain Days every July - a festival, which revels in traditional spirituality, history, and games. The reservation also features a Chippewa Heritage Center with museum, archives, art gallery, and gift shop. In addition, the tribe's Anishinaubag Center is a tourist operation in a beautiful setting on Fish Lake, which promotes intercultural understanding. The center includes a Plains Indian Village, Mandan earth lodges, log cabins and other historic re-creations demonstrating the Native American history of the area. The Turtle Mountain Artists Board promotes the profusion of musicians and other performing artists in the area. Finally, the tribe celebrates pow-wows during July and over Labor Day weekend, drawing crowds, along with U.S. and Canadian dancers. Trenton Indian Service Area has leased land adjacent to Trenton Lake from the Army Corps of Engineers for recreational and tourism purposes. Infrastructure The reservation lies on Highways 5 and 281 linking Minot, N.D. and Winnipeg, Ontario. U.S. Highways 2, 52, and 83 provide access to Bismarck and the remainder of the region. Rail service is available locally through three commercial lines, including Amtrak. Regular commercial air service is available at Minot International Airport and Devils Lake. UPS serves the reservation, while other commercial truck lines serve Rolla (seven miles accessing the Trenton Service Area include U.S. 85, extending north and south from the Canadian Border into South Dakota, and U.S. 2, which runs east- 400 2001-2003 North Dakota Blue Book
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