and is water. In addition, the Leech Lake Band held off-reservation trust land with a land area of in 2020. About one-fourth of the reservation is covered by lakes. The largest lakes on the reservation are Leech Lake, Lake Winnibigoshish, and Cass Lake. The band uses 40 lakes for the production of wild rice, and the community produces more rice than any other reservation in the state. The reservation is the second-largest in Minnesota (after the White Earth Indian Reservation) in terms of land area, and the largest in terms of total area. Communities The reservation consists of eleven villages; two additional communities have a substantial number of Leech Lake Band members. Nearly all Leech Lake communities are located in or near the woods of the Chippewa National Forest. The largest community is Cass Lake, situated on the southwestern shores of the eponymous lake. The next largest settlements are Ball Club, Onigum, Inger, and Bena. In some communities, housing is located along only one road, with each side lined with homes. Ah-gwah-ching (part) Baker Ball Club Bena Benedict (part) Brevik Cass Lake Deer River (part) Dunbar Inger Longville (part) Max Mission Oak Point Onigum Oslund Pennington Ryan Village Smokey Point Squaw Lake Sugar Point Whipholt Wilkinson Demographics As of the census of 2020, the population of the Leech Lake Reservation was 11,388. The population density was . There were 7,229 housing units at an average density of . The Leech Lake Reservation has a significant non-native population due in part to the allotment and sale of reservation lands in the late nineteenth century. In 2020, the racial makeup of the reservation was 49.3% White, 43.8% Native American, 0.1% Black or African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 6.3% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 1.7% Hispanic or Latino of any race. Education There are tribal schools, Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School and Leech Lake Tribal College. See also Battle of Sugar Point Bryan v. Itasca County Leech Lake Tribal College List of historical Indian reservations in the United States List of largest Indian reservations Minnesota Indian Affairs Council Palace Bingo and Casino References External links Further reading American Indian reservations in Minnesota Anishinaabe reservations and tribal-areas in the United States Populated places in Beltrami County, Minnesota Populated places in Cass County, Minnesota Populated places in Hubbard County, Minnesota Populated places in Itasca County, Minnesota Ojibwe reserves and reservations