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Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Montana) (view source)
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:Established -- September 17, 1851 and 17 October 1855 | :Established -- September 17, 1851 and 17 October 1855 | ||
:Agency (BIA) -- [[Fort Peck Indian Agency (Montana)|Fort Peck Indian Agency]] | :Agency (BIA) -- [[Fort Peck Indian Agency (Montana)|Fort Peck Indian Agency]] | ||
:Principal tribes -- [[Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes|Assiniboin]], | :Principal tribes -- [[Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes|Assiniboin]], [[Blackfeet Indians]], [[Flathead_Indians]], [[Kalispel_Indians]], [[Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians, Montana]], [[Nez_Perce_Indians]], [[Pend_d'Oreille_Indians]], and [[Spokane_Indians]]. | ||
:Population -- 2010 census is 6,714 (when including mixed bloods it's 6,998) - Does not include non Indians<ref>Census 2000 Tribal Entity Counts for American Indian Reservations and Off-Reservation Trust Lands. U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division. [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tallies/tallyair.html Available online]. {Note: This census figure only accounts for tribal members living on the reservation or trust lands. Other enrolled tribal members may live off-reservation.)</ref> 1969: Tribal [[American Indian Enrollment Records|enrollment]] 5,674 <ref> Indian Reservations A State and Federal Handbook. Compiled by The Confederation of American Indians, New York, N.Y. McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, c. 1986. FHL book 970.1 In2 </ref> | :Population -- 2010 census is 6,714 (when including mixed bloods it's 6,998) - Does not include non Indians<ref>Census 2000 Tribal Entity Counts for American Indian Reservations and Off-Reservation Trust Lands. U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division. [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tallies/tallyair.html Available online]. {Note: This census figure only accounts for tribal members living on the reservation or trust lands. Other enrolled tribal members may live off-reservation.)</ref> 1969: Tribal [[American Indian Enrollment Records|enrollment]] 5,674 <ref> Indian Reservations A State and Federal Handbook. Compiled by The Confederation of American Indians, New York, N.Y. McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, c. 1986. FHL book 970.1 In2 </ref> | ||
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Its area in 1908 was 1,766,000 acres<ref>"Montana Indian Reservations," Handbook of Indians North of Mexico, by Frederick Webb Hodge [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/reservations/montanarez.htm Available online.]</ref>. | Its area in 1908 was 1,766,000 acres<ref>"Montana Indian Reservations," Handbook of Indians North of Mexico, by Frederick Webb Hodge [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/reservations/montanarez.htm Available online.]</ref>. | ||
Fort Peck Reservation is within the original Blackfeet Reservation which was created on September 17, 1851 and approved on October 17, 1855. It was not created for Dakota Indians including the Brule, Hunkpapa, Santee, Teton, and Yanktonai. It was created for the Little Shell Blackfeet Chippewa's, Flathead Chippewa's (they are a mixture of Algonquin and non Algonquin Indians), Assiniboine Chippewa's (they are a mixture of Algonquin and non Algonquin Indians) and Nez Perce. Including as being Flathead are the Kalispel, Pend d'Oreilles, and Spokane. Read the treaty text. The correct name of the original Blackfeet Reservation is either [[ | Fort Peck Reservation is within the original Blackfeet Reservation which was created on September 17, 1851 and approved on October 17, 1855. It was not created for Dakota Indians including the Brule, Hunkpapa, Santee, Teton, and Yanktonai. | ||
It was created for the Little Shell Blackfeet Chippewa's, Flathead Chippewa's (they are a mixture of Algonquin and non Algonquin Indians), Assiniboine Chippewa's (they are a mixture of Algonquin and non Algonquin Indians) and Nez Perce. Including as being Flathead are the Kalispel, Pend d'Oreilles, and Spokane. Read the treaty text. The correct name of the original Blackfeet Reservation is either [[Judith basin indian reservation]] or Judith River Indian Reservation. The October 17, 1855 Blackfeet Treaty, was signed near the mouth of the Judith River which is within the [[Judith basin indian reservation]].<br> | |||
A meeting was held at Joseph Paul's family's ranch near Lewistown, Montana in 1921. It was probably about filing a land claims lawsuit about the original Blackfeet Reservation which was created on September 17, 1851. The Little Shell Blackfeet Chippewa's continued to govern the original Blackfeet Reservation which was created on September 17, 1851. Not much came from the 1921 meeting. | A meeting was held at Joseph Paul's family's ranch near Lewistown, Montana in 1921. It was probably about filing a land claims lawsuit about the original Blackfeet Reservation which was created on September 17, 1851. The Little Shell Blackfeet Chippewa's continued to govern the original Blackfeet Reservation which was created on September 17, 1851. Not much came from the 1921 meeting. | ||