Background

There will be a very special event held in Devils Lake in the Memorial Building on Saturday, April 27 to benefit DeAnn Brown for help with medical expenses and travel.

Every year since firefighting began in North Dakota the NDFA has held its convention in a different community around the state. This year it is Devils Lake’s turn to host the 300 to 350 firefighters who normally attend this special gathering. Many of them will bring their spouses with them, as well, temporarily increasing the population of the area considerably.

Community Connect expands what it offers and how it can help first responders as they respond to emergencies and provide information for those who are signed up.

The Devils Lake Park Board held a regular meeting on Thursday, April 18. It was their first time holding the meeting at The Dockside Entertainment center.

Prozs End of the Line Bar in Devils Lake, ND has recently received a Forensic ID scanner which can detect fake IDs from underage individuals, in partnership with Lake Region District Health Unit (LRDHU) and North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services.We were able to provide training to the owner and staff when we delivered the ID scanner. “We are pleased with the relationship we are building with our alcohol establishments and their willingness to support our local effort toward a safer community” says Lori Stevenson, Prevention Specialist from LRDHU.

Spring is in the air and along with the sounds of nature blossoming on our prairies sweet notes are wafting through the halls of Devils Lake High School every Thursday night as the Devils Lake Community Orchestra prepares for their annual spring concert.

The Sixth grade class of Oberon Public School took First place at the Dakota Language Challenge on April 10, 2024, at the Four Winds school in Fort Totten, ND.

By now most White traders learned how to read and write but, also the local Government officials and white settlers. Ten years after the 1851 Treaties were signed the Dakota people discovered they were cheated. They sold all their land in Minnesota for eight cents an acre. In the fall of 1862 the Dakota in a fit of frustration attacked and killed 400 or more settlers and soldiers. Depoulating a vast area in Minnesota. While this event at face value seemed to end the Dakota Bible project, it was a God-send as all the prisoners in prison camps in Davenport, Iowa and Fort Snelling were offered the chance to occupy their idle hours by learning to read and write. With Reverend Dr. Williamson (Pezutawicasta) and Rev. Riggs (Tamakoce) present, they were able to read the Bible and other Christian material. They led to the big Dakota religious revival, When the prison doors were opened in 1865 the Dakota began to start churches. This led to having hymn books printed and native pastors installed. Today the Presbyterian, Congregational, Episcopal and Catholic Churches are continuing the language as well as the education systems that formerly suppressed the Dakota culture are now embracing it. What happened to the Missionaries? The Pond brothers went to Bloomington, MN to administer to the white settlers, the Reverends Williamson and Riggs continued on with their families to administer to the Dakota. Their lives are another chapter in Dakota history.