Bowstring Lake is an unorganized territory in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.

Roughly half the land area is part of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.

At the 2000 census there were 1,203 people, 378 households, and 286 families living in the unorganized territory.

There were 635 housing units at an average density of 2.9 per square mile (1.1/km2).

The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 36.66% White, 0.17% Black or African American, 61.35% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.25% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races.