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'''Alternate Names:''' Assiniboin, Assiniboine<br>'''Ancestral Homelands:''' Great Lakes area<br>'''Linguistic group:''' Siouan<br>'''Current locations:''' Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan | '''Alternate Names:''' Assiniboin, Assiniboine<br>'''Ancestral Homelands:''' Great Lakes area<br>'''Linguistic group:''' Siouan<br>'''Current locations:''' Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan | ||
'''[[Image:Assiniboin-bowman.jpg|right|300px]]''' | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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Intertribal warfare forced the Assiniboin to migrate from Great Lakes to Minnesota, where the tribe came in contact with non-Indians in the 1800s. They migrated during the 1830s to "Montana," where Fort Union was built by the American Fur Company. | Intertribal warfare forced the Assiniboin to migrate from Great Lakes to Minnesota, where the tribe came in contact with non-Indians in the 1800s. They migrated during the 1830s to "Montana," where Fort Union was built by the American Fur Company. | ||
A smallpox epidemic de-populated the tribe by 4,000 in 1837. | A smallpox epidemic de-populated the tribe by 4,000 in 1837. | ||
Emigrants were traveling west across the country. In 1851 the tribe signed a treaty agreeing to not attack those traveling on the Oregon Trail, and tribe was assigned land in western Montana. | Emigrants were traveling west across the country. In 1851 the tribe signed a treaty agreeing to not attack those traveling on the Oregon Trail, and tribe was assigned land in western Montana. | ||
In 1870s the tribe settled on reservations in the United States - Fort Belknap Reservation (with Gros Ventre Tribe) and Fort Peck Reservation (with Sioux Tribes) - and in Canada - tracts of land in Saskatchewan and Alberta (with Sioux, Cree and Chippewa). | In 1870s the tribe settled on reservations in the United States - Fort Belknap Reservation (with Gros Ventre Tribe) and Fort Peck Reservation (with Sioux Tribes) - and in Canada - tracts of land in Saskatchewan and Alberta (with Sioux, Cree and Chippewa). | ||
Reservation living was difficult at best. The logistics of providing food for the tribes was not efficient. When supplies failed to arrive, disappointed and hungry leaders sometimes confronted the government and military officials, which sometimes developed into warfare. | Reservation living was difficult at best. The logistics of providing food for the tribes was not efficient. When supplies failed to arrive, disappointed and hungry leaders sometimes confronted the government and military officials, which sometimes developed into warfare. | ||
In 1990, there were 5,274 Assiniboin in the United States and others in Canada. | In 1990, there were 5,274 Assiniboin in the United States and others in Canada. | ||
==== Reservations ==== | ==== Reservations ==== | ||
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'''Correspondence and Census''' | '''Correspondence and Census''' | ||
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