The
Fond du Lac Indian Reservation (or
Nah-Gah-Chi-Wa-Nong (
Nagaajiwanaang in the Double Vowel orthography), meaning "Where the current is blocked" in the
Ojibwe language) is an
Indian reservation in northern
Minnesota near
Cloquet in
Carlton and
Saint Louis counties, with off-reservation holdings in
Douglas County in
Wisconsin. The total land area of these tribal lands is . It is the land-base for the
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Before the establishment of this reservation, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa were located at the head of
Lake Superior, closer to the mouth of the
Saint Louis River. The tribe owns two
casinos - Black Bear Casino in Carlton and Fond du Luth Casino in Duluth. FDL employs its own tribal police force. On the reservation there are social services, tribal housing, a natural resource building, a gas station, three community centers, and a private health clinic and pharmacy called Min No Aya Win Health Center. The tribe also has two satellite health clinics, one in Duluth named The Center for American Indian Resources (CAIR) and another in
Minneapolis, Mashkiki Waakaaigan Pharmacy (Medicine House).