Fort Totten State Historic Site is a historic site in Fort Totten, North Dakota. Fort Totten is a census-designated place located in Benson County, North Dakota. ...
History
The fort was first built to watch over the surrounding Indian Reservation after a group of the Sioux tribe moved to the area after 1867. The soldiers were stationed to enforce the peace and guard transportation routes. The fort was decommissioned in 1890. It was then turned over to the Bureau of Indian Affairs where until 1959 it was used as a Native Americanboarding school. Fort Totten became a North Dakota State Historic Site in 1960 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... This article is about Native Americans. ... The Sioux (IPA ) are a Native American and First Nations people. ... The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the Department of the Interior charged with the administration and management of 55. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... A boarding school is a usually fee-charging school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...
Today
Fort Totten has often been called "the best preserved military fort of the Dakota Frontier-era."[citation needed] Today you can visit the interpretive center, take a walking tour of 16 original buildings, vist the Pioneer Daughter's Museum, take in a show at the Fort Totten Little Theatre, and stay at the Totten Trail Historic Inn bed and breakfast. School children often attend the "Fort Totten Living History Field Day" in September. Many young children had lost their lives here and to this day the government wont tell us how they died.
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