Solen, ND

Solen is a city in Sioux County, North Dakota, United States and on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The 2020 census counted 70 residents. The town has a gas station and automotive repair shop called Hoffman's Garage which has been family owned and operated since the early 1900s. Solen was founded in 1910 along a Northern Pacific Railway branch line that ran from Mandan to Mott. Solen has one high school, Solen Public High School, nicknamed the "Solen Sioux". Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Solen, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Solen, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. The name comes from Mary Louise Van Solen, the half- Lakota and half-French daughter of Eagle Woman and one of the first schoolteachers on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Solen is located along the Cannonball River, west of the Missouri.