Little Shell Band of the Chippewa Tribe: Difference between revisions

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 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.