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'''Fort Peck Assiniboine Sioux Tribes'''<br>PO Box 1027<br>501 Medicine Bear Road <br>Poplar, MT 59255<br>Phone: 1-406-768-5155<br>Fax: (406) 768-5478<br>Official Website: [http://www.fortpecktribes.org www.fortpecktribes.org]<br>{{infobox ethnic group

<td style="text-align: right;">5,274 in the U.S. and others in Canada</td><td style="width: 2px;">{{resize|0%|&nbsp;}}</td>

<td style="text-align: right;">2,600</td><td style="width: 2px;">{{resize|0%|&nbsp;}}<ref>Frederick Webb Hodge. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico'']. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906.</ref></td>

<td style="text-align: right;">3,008</td><td>{{resize|0%|&nbsp;}}<ref>Frederick Webb Hodge. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico'']. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906.</ref></td>

<td style="text-align: right;">abt. 7,000</td><td>{{resize|0%|&nbsp;}}<ref>Frederick Webb Hodge. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico'']. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906.</ref></td>

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Originally part of the Yanktonai Dakota (Nakota) Indians, they separated in the early 1700's and settled in the area between the Saskatchewan and Missouri Rivers. In 1780 their population was estimated at 10,000.  

Inter-tribal 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.  

During the mid 1840s and into the 1850s, emigrants were traveling west across the country in pursuit of silver, gold and land. In 1851 the tribe signed a treaty agreeing not to attack those traveling on the Oregon Trail, and tribe was assigned land in western Montana.  

Fredrick W. Hodge states that in 1904, there were 644 Assiniboin Indians living at [[Fort Belknap Indian Agency (Montana)|Fort Belknap Agency]] and 535 at [[Fort Peck Indian Agency (Montana)|Fort Peck Agency]].  

Reservation are tracts of land set aside for the occupation and use by American Indians.  

[[Upper Missouri Indian Agency|Upper Missouri Agency]], 1819-1864<br>[[Fort Berthold Indian Agency (North Dakota)|Fort Berthold Agency]], 1864-1869<br>[[Fort Belknap Indian Agency (Montana)|Fort Belknap Agency]], 1873-present<br>[[Fort Peck Indian Agency (Montana)|Fort Peck Agency]], 1874-present<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1294505130301_373" /><br>[[St. Peters Indian Agency (Minnesota)|St. Peters Agency]] &nbsp;Montana Superintencency [[St. Louis Superintendency of Indian Affairs|St. Louis Superintendency]] [[Central Superintendency of Indian Affairs|Central Superintendency<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1294505308019_210" />]] [[Minnesota Superintendency of Indian Affairs|Minnesota Superintendency]] [[Dakota Superintendency of Indian Affairs|Dakota Superintendency]]  

The Bureau of Indian Affairs compiled annual Indian Census Rolls on many of the reservations from 1885 to 1940. They list the names of individuals, their age, and other details about each person enumerated. For more information about these records, [[American Indian Census Rolls|click here]].  

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There are several sets of correspondence between the supervising offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the local offices -- agencies, subagencies, etc. The correspondence is often historical in nature, including reports of the conditions among local groups of Indians, hostilities, plans for building facilities, activities of traders or missionaries, etc. Occasionally, there will be names of individuals but little detail about them. For more information about American Indian correspondence, [[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|click here]].  

The following table lists some of the correspondence records relating to the Assiniboin Indians:  

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During the latter part of the 18th Century and most of the 19th Century, treaties were negotiated between the federal government and individual Indian tribes. The treaties provide helpful information about the history of the tribe, but usually only include the names of those persons who signed the treaty. For more information about treaties, [[American Indian Treaties with the United States|click here]].  

Treaties to which the Assiniboin Indians were a part were: <br>  

*Fort Peck Agency, M595, Births and Deaths 1925-1932, {{FHL | Film: 576847}}

=== Important Web Sites ===

*Carlson, Paul H. ''The Plains Indians''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&amp;M University Press, c1998. {{FHL | book 970.1 C197p}}  

*Denig, Edwin Thompson. ''Five Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri: Sioux, Arickaras, Assiniboines, Crees, Crows''. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, c1981. ''The Civilization of American Indian Series'':059. {{FHL | book 970.1 D415f}}.  

*Lowe, Robert H. ''The Assiniboine''. Washington [D.C.]: Microfilmed by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1989. ''Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History'', Vol. 4 pt. 1. {{FHL | film 1404269}}.

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