White Horse Hill National Game Preserve

White Horse Hill National Game Preserve is a National Wildlife Refuge and nature center located on the shore of Devils Lake in Benson County, North Dakota, within the Spirit Lake Tribe reservation.

In 1904, the park was established as Sullys Hill National Park by President Theodore Roosevelt. It was first named after General Alfred Sully, son of the painter Thomas Sully who gained his reputation by carrying out several massacres of Dakota including at the Battle of Whitestone Hill. In May 2019, the Spirit Lake Tribal council requested the federal government change the name to White Horse Hill in cooperation with the governor's office and the North Dakota Department of Tourism stating, "The Spirit Lake Dakota people... believe the name chosen, White Horse Hill, comes from historical happenings that are sacred as well as unique to the Dakota people. White Horse Hill reflects a positive experience to the Dakota People rather than an individual who was destructive to the Dakota people and their culture". In December 2019, the park was renamed through an act of Congress to its traditional Dakota name of White Horse Hill.

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