Guide to Ponemah Minnesota

Lower Red Lake Unorganized Territory

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

2,675

2,855

3,621

5,057

5,790

+733

+14.49

Land Area (sq. mile)

137.30

140.13

141.17

141.16

0.00

Density (persons per sq. mile)

19.48

20.37

25.65

35.82

41.02

+5.20

+14.49

Housing Units

576

720

1,016

1,378

1,780

+402

+29.17

Households

686

929

1,323

1,715

+392

+29.63

Persons Per Household

4.15

3.85

3.79

3.33

-0.46

-12.14

Ponemah is a census-designated place (CDP) within the Lower Red Lake unorganized territory in Beltrami County, Minnesota According to the U.S. Census, the CDP has a total area of 19.6 square miles (50.8 km²), all land. The elevation is 1,198 ft (365 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2000, there were 874 people, 209 households, and 174 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 44.6 people per square mile (17.2/km²). There were 215 housing units at an average density of 11.0/sq mi (4.2/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 0.34% White, 99.20% Native American, 0.23% from other races, and 0.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.83% of the population. It is the most Native American census designated location in the United States by Percent.

There were 209 households out of which 51.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 21.1% were married couples living together, 44.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% were non-families. 13.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.18 and the average family size was 4.37.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 49.5% under the age of 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 11.6% from 45 to 64, and 2.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 18 years. For every 100 females there were 105.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.0 males.

The median income for a household is $13,571, and the median income for a family was $13,527. Males had a median income of $21,250 versus $16,719 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $4,000. About 57.3% of families and 52.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 52.7% of those under age 18 and 58.3% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

PONEMAH, a village on the north shore of the southern half of Red Lake, having a U.S. government school for the Ojibwe children, bears a name used by Henry W. Longfellow in The Song of Hiawatha. Minnehaha in dying, and afterward Hiawatha, depart

In 1918 the Red Lake General Council Constitution was established. In 1958 a revised Constitution and By-laws was adopted by the members of Red Lake Nation, followed by the first secret ballot election of Tribal Government in 1959.

An eleven member Tribal Council, three officers elected at large and eight council members, two from each of the four communities, governs the Red Lake Band. Seven Hereditary Chiefs, descendents from those who negotiated the 1889 Land Agreement, serve for life in an advisory capacity to the Tribal Council. In 1997, the Tribe began administering its own programs under a Self-Governance Contract with the BIA. Red Lake is not a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT).

Lake Name

Size
(acres)

Lake info

Lake Map

Rec Map

Topo Map

Lower Red

n/a

Upper Red

119,295

n/a

Ponemah Minnesota Community Guide