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As already written, chief Little Bear reached an agreement with two white men to hold sun dances across Montana in May of 1894. Another event in Great Falls a month earlier, may have involved chief Little Bear. It was reported that the Great Falls Park Commission voted on April 18, 1894, to authorize the issuance of a $40,000 bound for the purpose of purchasing future park sites. Three locations were selected. One was at Sun River Park or Wadsworth Park (it is no coincidence), Highland Park which is very near Gibson Flats, and Park Island. A total of 311 acres was supposedly purchased using the $40,000. Click this link http://www.greatfallsmt.net/recreation/history to read about the three parks.<br> | As already written, chief Little Bear reached an agreement with two white men to hold sun dances across Montana in May of 1894. Another event in Great Falls a month earlier, may have involved chief Little Bear. It was reported that the Great Falls Park Commission voted on April 18, 1894, to authorize the issuance of a $40,000 bound for the purpose of purchasing future park sites. Three locations were selected. One was at Sun River Park or Wadsworth Park (it is no coincidence), Highland Park which is very near Gibson Flats, and Park Island. A total of 311 acres was supposedly purchased using the $40,000. Click this link http://www.greatfallsmt.net/recreation/history to read about the three parks.<br> | ||
If the United States was already planning to establish small Reservations in the Great Falls area for the Little Shell Pembina Chippewas in 1894, they had to negotiate with a Chippewa leader other than chiefs Little Shell III and Red Thunder. Chief Little Bear was that Chippewa leader. However, he was probably fooled into agreeing to accept an agreement the United States in which he was not told the truth. After he did learn exactly what happened in 1894, in 1896, he became enraged. More about that is below, as is information about the Chippewa Reservations established in 1894 in the Great Falls region. | If the United States was already planning to establish small Reservations in the Great Falls area for the Little Shell Pembina Chippewas in 1894, they had to negotiate with a Chippewa leader other than chiefs Little Shell III and Red Thunder. Chief Little Bear was that Chippewa leader. However, he was probably fooled into agreeing to accept an agreement with the United States in which he was not told the truth. After he did learn exactly what happened in 1894, in 1896, he became enraged. More about that is below, as is information about the Chippewa Reservations established in 1894 in the Great Falls region. | ||
== The 1896 Great Falls Forced Relocations == | == The 1896 Great Falls Forced Relocations == | ||
In June and July 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. | In June and July 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. Montana had to many Chippewas and the United States didn't like it.<br> | ||
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 supposedly not around. Instead, Pershing met with chief Buffalo Coat. Chief Buffalo Coat told sheriff Dwyer the leading adviser in the tribe was a full blood Chippewa who strongly opposed the deportations. He was probably chief Little Bear. Up to that time chief Little Bear did what the United States wanted. He knew he could be deported to Canada if he didn't do what the United States wanted. Since chief Little Bear was deported to Canada in 1896, it indicates he was the full blood Chippewa advisor he strongly protested the deportations. Sheriff Dwyer described chief Buffalo Coat as intelligent who dealt with the predicament in a business like manner. He was bought. | 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 supposedly not around. Instead, Pershing met with chief Buffalo Coat. Chief Buffalo Coat told sheriff Dwyer the leading adviser in the tribe was a full blood Chippewa who strongly opposed the deportations. He was probably chief Little Bear. Up to that time chief Little Bear did what the United States wanted. He knew he could be deported to Canada if he didn't do what the United States wanted. Since chief Little Bear was deported to Canada in 1896, it indicates he was the full blood Chippewa advisor he strongly protested the deportations. Sheriff Dwyer described chief Buffalo Coat as intelligent who dealt with the predicament in a business like manner. He was bought. | ||
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This following link http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/documents/ResMAP.HTM has a map of the Indian Reservations in the United States. Look for the number 173. Click on "Map Index" or click this link http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/documents/ResMapIndex.htm to find a list of the numbers which identify each Indian Reservation. For 173, it has OUT. It probably represents the forced relocation of the Little Shell Chippewas of Montana, out of Montana.<br> | This following link http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/documents/ResMAP.HTM has a map of the Indian Reservations in the United States. Look for the number 173. Click on "Map Index" or click this link http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/documents/ResMapIndex.htm to find a list of the numbers which identify each Indian Reservation. For 173, it has OUT. It probably represents the forced relocation of the Little Shell Chippewas of Montana, out of Montana.<br> | ||
== New Chippewa Reservations == | |||
As written earlier, in April of 1894 the Great Falls Park Commission purchased land for future park sites. They were probably Reservations for the Chippewas who remained after the forced deportations. Most were Metis who were predomiantly Indian. There was already the Fort Shaw Indian School Reservation about 15 miles west of Great Falls in 1894. St. Peters Mission near Garrison and Ulm, Montana, became a Chippewa Reservation. It is connected to the Park Island Reservation. It includes Park Island, Taylor Island, and White Bear Islands. It includes land on the west side of the Missouri River, from Great Falls, to what is now the cdp of Ulm. | |||
To the south of Great Falls, another Chippewa Reservation was set aside between Gibson Flats and the Missouri River. It is actually a part of the Park Island Reservation. However, to distinguish it from Park Island, it must be referred to as Highland Park. And the Sun River Park where the Chippewa village chief Little Bear lived in was located, is the other. It extends from Mount Royal (aka Hill 57) to the cdp of Vaughn, Montana. | |||
There may have been another Chippewa Reservation where the St. Peters Mission located within the mountains just west of Cascade, Montana is located. | |||
== Land Claim Lawsuit == | == Land Claim Lawsuit == | ||