Our Partners

Tribal Partners

MHA Nation is the home of Three Affiliated Tribes, the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, and is located along the Missouri River. MHA has approximately 13,000 enrolled members with nearly 4,500 living on the tribal lands.

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians is home to the Anishinabe people in northern North Dakota with land holdings in Montana, South Dakota and other areas of North Dakota. Turtle Mountain has approximately 31,000 enrolled members with 16,500 living near Roulette.

Spirit Lake is home to the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux in east central North Dakota. There are approximately 7,256 enrolled members with 6223 living in or near Spirit Lake.

Standing Rock is located in south central North Dakota and north central South Dakota is the home of the Lakota and Dakota people with a population of about 8,250 living in the area.

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation is located in the southeastern corner of North Dakota and the northeastern part of South Dakota and has over 13,000 members.

ND Tribal Colleges

• Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Fort Totten
• Nueta, Hidatsa, Sahnish NHSC
• Sitting Bull College, Fort Yates
• Turtle Mountain Community College, Belcourt
• United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck

Other Partners

North Dakota State University North Dakota State University is a student-focused, land-grant, research university with more than 14,000 students from 48 states and 69 countries, creating a diverse student population. heck headings & alt textToggle accessibility tools

NDSU Department of Public Health Public health is defined as the practice of helping members of society live healthier, longer lives. More specifically, public health focuses on improving the general health of communities through efforts to monitor the spread of diseases, initiatives (both clinical and policy-oriented) to prevent disease and disability, and by promoting healthy lifestyles through education and community. NDSU offers a minor in public health, certificate in public health, a bachelors in Health Services, and a MPH degree.

State of North Dakota North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission has the goal of creating a better North Dakota through the improvement of tribal/state relations and better understanding between American Indian and non-Indian people.

North Dakota Department of Health serves the citizens of North Dakota through public health policy, laws and services.

National Indian Health Board (NIHB) represents Tribal governments—both those that operate their own health care delivery systems through contracting and compacting, and those receiving health care directly from the Indian Health Service (IHS). Located in Washington DC on Capitol Hill, the NIHB, a non-profit organization, provides a variety of services to tribes, Area Health Boards, Tribal organizations, federal agencies, and private foundations.

The North Dakota Public Health Association (NDPHA) mission is to improve, promote, and protect health for residents of North Dakota through leadership in policy, partnerships, and best practices. Our vision is that in North Dakota NDPHA is the leading professional organization recognized as the voice for public health.