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== Great Falls Chippewa Reservation == | == Great Falls Chippewa Reservation == | ||
This is a sensitive subject yet it needs to be addressed. There is evidence that Great Falls is within a Chippewa Reservation. During early 1894, two white entreprenuers wanted to promote the sun dance across Montana. Federal regulations prohitited the sun dance on Indian Reservations. Joe Lessard and John P. Dyas contacted chief Little Bear about the sun dance. They wanted the sun dance to be held at the Great Falls fairgrounds on June 14th, 15th, and 16th of 1894. | This is a sensitive subject yet it needs to be addressed. There is evidence that Great Falls is within a Chippewa Reservation. During early 1894, two white entreprenuers wanted to promote the sun dance across Montana. Federal regulations prohitited the sun dance on Indian Reservations. Indian Reservations are under federal jurisdiction. Joe Lessard and John P. Dyas contacted chief Little Bear about the sun dance. They wanted the sun dance to be held at the Great Falls fairgrounds on June 14th, 15th, and 16th of 1894. | ||
They met with chief Little Bear and after a period of negotiations, they reached an agreement to promote the sun dance. Chief Little Bear was always trying to find ways to raise money up to help his people. They needed to meet with leaders from the Great Falls Chamber of Commerse to get their approval for the sun dance. After meeting with the Great Falls Chamber of Commerse leaders, the Great Falls Chamber of Commerse gave their approval for the sun dance. However, there was a major problem. Federal regulations prohibited the sun dance on Indian Reservations. Indians who lived off Reservations, were not under federal jurisdiction and could hold the sun dance in white communities. | They met with chief Little Bear and after a period of negotiations, they reached an agreement to promote the sun dance. Chief Little Bear was always trying to find ways to raise money up to help his people. They needed to meet with leaders from the Great Falls Chamber of Commerse to get their approval for the sun dance. After meeting with the Great Falls Chamber of Commerse leaders, the Great Falls Chamber of Commerse gave their approval for the sun dance. However, there was a major problem. Federal regulations prohibited the sun dance on Indian Reservations. Indians who lived off Reservations, were not under federal jurisdiction and could hold the sun dance in white communities. | ||
Supposedly, religious leaders of Great Falls did not want the sun dance held at Great Falls. They protested and then met with chief Little Bear on May 27, 1894, at a Chippewa village located along Sun River Road about 2 miles west or southwest of the Great Falls fairgrounds. It did not go well. Governor Rickards issued a | Supposedly, religious leaders of Great Falls did not want the sun dance held at Great Falls. They protested and then met with chief Little Bear on May 27, 1894, at a Chippewa village located along Sun River Road about 2 miles west or southwest of the Great Falls fairgrounds. It did not go well. Governor Rickards issued a proclmation banning the sun dance on June 5, 1894. Remember governor Rickards proclamation banning the sun dance because it's the center of this conspiracy. It did not stop the sun dance from being held at Havre on the 15th, 16th, and 17th of June, 1894. By 1894, Fort Assiniboine Indian Reservation had been reduced in size and Havre was no longer on the Fort Assiniboine Indian Reservation. It also didn't stop the sun dance from being held at, of all places, Helena (the home of governor Rickards) on July 4, 1894. And it also didn't stop the sun dance from being held at Butte a little later that same summer.<br> | ||
According to a reporter from the Havre Advertiser, he claimed the Chippewa village located along Sun River Road about 2 miles west or southwest of the Great Falls fairgrounds, had 45 lodges and a population of 150 people. Three people per lodge. His population estimate it too low. Things were different back then. Families had to support each other which means household sizes were larger then. The population of the Chippewa village had to be between 300 and 400. Six people per lodge. | According to a reporter from the Havre Advertiser, he claimed the Chippewa village located along Sun River Road about 2 miles west or southwest of the Great Falls fairgrounds, had 45 lodges and a population of 150 people. Three people per lodge. His population estimate it too low. Things were different back then. Families had to support each other which means household sizes were larger then. The population of the Chippewa village had to be between 300 and 400. Six people per lodge. | ||
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== The 1896 Great Falls Forced Relocations == | == The 1896 Great Falls Forced Relocations == | ||
In June of 1896, Montana Governor Rickards, sent a telegram to the sheriff of Cascade County, sheriff Dwyer, informing him to instruct major Sanno to round up the Chippewas in the Great Falls region (in the June 17, 1896 issue of the Anaconda Standard they claimed it was the Cree but the Cree are the northern Chippewas who are known as Mus-ke-go-walk which means Swampy People) to prepare them for forced relocations. | In June of 1896, Montana Governor Rickards, sent a telegram to the sheriff of Cascade County, sheriff Dwyer, informing him to instruct major Sanno to round up the Chippewas in the Great Falls region (in the June 17, 1896 issue of the Anaconda Standard they claimed it was the Cree but the Cree are the northern Chippewas who are known as Mus-ke-go-walk which means Swampy People) to prepare them for forced relocations. Other locations in Montana, the Montana Chippewas were gathered and forced to board trains to be deported out of Montana were <br> | ||
It was reported that the Chippewas were to be relocated to Canada. During those times and even now, the whites have used the excuse that the Montana Chippewas were from Canada. That is incorrect. Only a few Chippewas fled south back to their native Montana, in 1885. The immediate families of chiefs Little Bear, Little Poplar, and Lucky Man. Probably at the most 50 people but to be realistic not more than 30 people returned to Montana. | It was reported that the Chippewas were to be relocated to Canada. During those times and even now, the whites have used the excuse that the Montana Chippewas were from Canada. That is incorrect. Only a few Chippewas fled south back to their native Montana, in 1885. The immediate families of chiefs Little Bear, Little Poplar, and Lucky Man. Probably at the most 50 people but to be realistic not more than 30 people returned to Montana. | ||
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Metis people refer to Louis Riel as their leader. Riel was white who helped to establish white colonies in Montana and also in Saskatchewan and Alberta. He ignited the 1885 Northwest Rebellion by establishing a white colony in Saskatchewan. He was not a leader of the Indians. He was their enemy. It is very important for the Montana Chippewas to ignore the metis. They are whites who side with the whites. Those Montana Little Shell Chippewas who are predominantly Indian, must avoid the metis who are trying to get government money. They don't care for Indians. The Little Shell Chippewas of Montana, must form an organization that allows only Chippewas who are predominantly Indian to serve as leaders of the Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe. | Metis people refer to Louis Riel as their leader. Riel was white who helped to establish white colonies in Montana and also in Saskatchewan and Alberta. He ignited the 1885 Northwest Rebellion by establishing a white colony in Saskatchewan. He was not a leader of the Indians. He was their enemy. It is very important for the Montana Chippewas to ignore the metis. They are whites who side with the whites. Those Montana Little Shell Chippewas who are predominantly Indian, must avoid the metis who are trying to get government money. They don't care for Indians. The Little Shell Chippewas of Montana, must form an organization that allows only Chippewas who are predominantly Indian to serve as leaders of the Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe. | ||
In 1898, chief Buffalo Coat, who was a leader of the Chippewas in the Great Falls region, requested from the State of Montana and the federal government, for State aid, land, and citizenship. Their reply was quite different from their 1894 reply. The State of Montana and federal government claimed no jurisdiction to settle the Chippewas on a Reservation or support them. | In 1898, chief Buffalo Coat, who was a leader of the Chippewas in the Great Falls region, requested from the State of Montana and the federal government, for State aid, land, and citizenship. Their reply was quite different from their 1894 reply. The State of Montana and federal government claimed no jurisdiction to settle the Chippewas on a Reservation or support them. | ||
== Land Claim Lawsuit == | == Land Claim Lawsuit == | ||