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The [http://indiannations.visitmt.com/fortbelknap.shtm Fort Belknap Indian Reservation] is a federally-recognized reservation, located in north-central Montana, between Havre and Glasgow.<br> | The [http://indiannations.visitmt.com/fortbelknap.shtm Fort Belknap Indian Reservation] is a federally-recognized reservation, located in north-central Montana, between Havre and Glasgow.<br> | ||
:Established -- | :Established -- 1855 | ||
:Agency (BIA) -- Fort Belknap Indian Agency | :Agency (BIA) -- Fort Belknap Indian Agency | ||
:Principal tribes -- Assiniboine (or Nakoda) and the Gros Ventre | :Principal tribes -- Assiniboine (or Nakoda) and the Gros Ventre (Atsina) | ||
:Population -- | :Population -- | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Fort Belknap Reservation was established by Treaty of Oct. 17, 1855; unratified treaties of July 18, 1866, and July 13, and 15 and Sept. 1, 1868; Executive orders, July 5, 1873, and Aug. 19,1874; an act of Apr. 15, 1874; Executive orders, Apr. 13, 1875, and July 13,1880; agreement made Jan. 21, 1887, approved by Congress May 1, 1888; and an agreement made Oct. 9, 1895, approved by act of June 10, 1896. | |||
The area of the reservation in 1908 was 497,600 acres<ref>"Montana Indian Reservations," Handbook of Indians North of Mexico, by Frederick Webb Hodge [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/reservations/montanarez.htm Available online.]</ref>. | |||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
Many of the records of individual Indians living on the Fort Belknap Reservation were kept by the [[Fort Belknap Indian Agency (Montana)|Fort Belknap Agency]] of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Others are kept by the Tribal Office. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||