Review

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Review

• Montana Indian Reservations

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Montana Outline Map Showing Reservations
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Map of Montana Indian Reservations
Map Courtesy of Montana Office of Public
Instruction
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Blackfeet

• Headquarters Browning Montana
• Established 1851
• Tribal Group Blackfeet
• Location Northeastern Montana
• County Location Glacier

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Blackfeet Information

• Headquarters for the tribe are located in
  Browning, Montana.
• Descendants from tribes known as the Blackfeet,
  Bloods and Piegans.
• Their language comes from the Algonquin line.
• Blackfeet name comes from the black color of the
  bottom of their moccasins.
• Tribal members work in agriculture, timber,
  tourism and construction industries.

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Crow

• Headquarters Crow Agency, Montana
• Established 1851
• Tribal Group Crow
• Location South Central Montana
• County Location Big Horn

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Crow Information

• The Big Horn River runs through the reservation.
• Tribal members work in agriculture, farming,
  ranching, coal mining and for the government.

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Flathead

• Headquarters Pablo, Montana
• Established 1855
• Tribal groups Salish, Kootenai and Pend d
  Oreille
• Location Northwestern Montana
• County Location Flathead, Lake, Missoula, Sanders

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Salish, Pend dOreille and Kootenai

• The Lower Flathead River runs through the
  reservation.
• The proper name of the Salish is Sqelio.
• The proper name of the Pend dOreille is Qaeispe.
• Kutanaxa is the aboriginal (Canadian) relative of
  the Kootenai.
• The largest employer on the reservation are the
  tribes themselves.

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Fort Belknap

• Headquarters Harlem, Montana
• Established 1888
• Tribal Groups Assiniboine and Gros Ventre
• Location North Central Montana
• County Location Blaine and Phillips

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Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes

• 4th largest reservation in Montana
• Northern part of the reservation drains into the
  to the Milk River
• Southern part of the reservation drains into the
  Missouri River
• Pride of Little Rockies Smoke House is tribally
  owned
• Agriculture, cattle ranches, alfalfa and dry land
  farming

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Fort Peck

• Headquarters Poplar, Montana
• Established 1888
• Tribal Group Assiniboine and Sioux
• Location Northeast Montana
• Counties Valley, Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan,
  Richland

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Assiniboine and Sioux (Fort Peck)

• Nakoda (Assiniboine)
• Dakota/Lakota (Sioux)
• 2nd largest reservation in Montana
• Agriculture, oil and gas leases, farming and
  ranching
• Wolf Point is the largest city on the reservation

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Northern Cheyenne

• Headquarters Lame Deer, Montana
• Established 1884
• Tribal Group Northern Cheyenne
• Location Southeastern Montana
• County Location Big Horn and Rosebud

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Northern Cheyenne(contd)

• Fought against Custer at the Battle of the Little
  Big Horn
• Reservation has vast coal reserves
• Tongue River is located on its eastern boundary
• They were horsemen and buffalo hunters

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Rocky Boys

• Headquarters Rocky Boy, Montana
• Established 1916
• Tribal Group Chippewa/Cree
• Location North Central Montana
• County Location Hill and Choteau

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Cree, Chippewa, Metis and Assiniboine(Rocky
Boys)

• Smallest Montana Indian Reservation
• Home to Cree, Chippewa, Metis and Assiniboine
• Reservation named after Chief Stone Man (Rocky
  Boy)
• Most jobs are government related
• Stone Child College is located on the reservation

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Little Shell

• Headquarters Great Falls
• Tribal group Chippewa
• County Cascade
• They have been in Montana for 100 years
• 2000 preliminary recognition was given to the
  tribe.

The Little Shell is a landless tribal group. They
live in Great Falls, Havre, Lewistown, Helena,
Butte, Chinook, Hays, Wolf Point, Hamilton and
Billings.
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The Landless Indians

• 1st Indians in Central Montana
• Little Shell and his people were not included in
  the Turtle Mountain rolls
• Moved to Montana to hunt buffalo
• Tribe is recognized by the state of Montana, but
  not yet recognized as an official tribe by the
  U.S. government.

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Book Links

• Ditchfield, Christin. The Chippewa. Children's
  Press, New York, 2005
• Gaines. Richard. Cheyenne. Abdo Publishing
  Company, Minneapolis, MN. 2000.
• Keoke, Emory D. American Indian Contributions To
  The World. New York, New York, Facts on File,
  2005.
• Miller. David, et al. The History of the
  Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck
  Indian reservation, Montana, 1800-2000. Poplar,
  Montana, Fort Peck Community College, 2008

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Links

• Internet Links
• http//www.bps.k12.mt.us
• http//www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
• http//www.billingsschools.org/indian-education.ht
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• http//www.montanakids.com

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Links 2

• http//www.lewisclark.org/r/rocoyir.htm
• http//www.kstorm.net/isk/maps/mt/montmap.html

http//www.littleshelltribe.com/miscdocs/history/1
st_Indians_Montana.shtml http//www.firstpeople.u
s http//www.lib.montana.edu/digital/nadb