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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. Other locations in Montana, the | 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 Little Shell 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. | ||
On June 18, 1896, the first Little Shell Chippewas were forced to board trains in the Great Falls region. First Lieutenant John J. Pershing was looking for chief Little Bear but Little Bear was not around. Instead, Pershing met with chief Buffalo Coat. Chief Buffalo Coat told sheriff Dwyer the leading adviser in the tribe was a full blooded Chippewa who strongly opposed the deportations. He may have been chief Rocky Boy. Sheriff Dwyer described chief Buffalo Coat as intelligent and dealt with the predicament in a business like manner. He was bought. | |||
Other locations in Montana, the Little Shell Chippewas were gathered to be sent to after boarding trains to be deported out of the Little Shell Chippewas Great Falls Reservation, were Custer (Custer, Montana was located adjacent to the Crow Reservation in 1896), Havre (almost adjacent to Fort Assiniboine Indian Reservation), Malta (a few miles east of Fort Belknap Reservation), and Missoula which is a few miles south of Flathead Reservation. Exactly how many originally lived in the Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin region, is not known. Many were refugees from the 1862 Minnesota Indian War.<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. | ||