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Part of the Yanktonai Nakota  
Part of the Yanktonai Nakota  


Population: 1780 estimated at 10,000 1990: 5,274 in U.S. others in Canada
Population: 1780 estimated at 10,000 1990: 5,274 in U.S. others in Canada  


Current locations: Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan
Current locations: Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan  


== History  ==
== History  ==
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==== Brief Timeline  ====
==== Brief Timeline  ====


'''Early: '''forced from Great Lakes aarea to Minnesota area by tribal warfare
'''Early: '''forced from Great Lakes aarea to Minnesota area by tribal warfare  


'''1658:''' living near Lake Superior they encountered non-Indians and began trading with them
'''1658:''' living near Lake Superior they encountered non-Indians and began trading with them  


'''1800-1837:''' several Assiniboin bands moved into "Montana"  and the American Fur company built Fort Union
'''1800-1837:''' several Assiniboin bands moved into "Montana"  and the American Fur company built Fort Union  


'''1836:''' Smallpox epidemic killed about 4,000  
'''1836:''' Smallpox epidemic killed about 4,000  


'''1851:''' Treaty at Fort Laramie, they promise not attact setters travelin the Oregon Trail; and are assigned land in western Montana.
'''1851:''' Treaty at Fort Laramie, they promise not attact setters travelin the Oregon Trail; and are assigned land in western Montana.  


'''1855:''' Treaty refered to in treaty with the Blackfeet,  
'''1855:''' Treaty refered to in treaty with the Blackfeet,  


1866: The tribe agreed to move to Fort Buford, in "North Dakota"  
'''1866:''' The tribe agreed to move to Fort Buford, in "North Dakota"  


'''1870's:''' settled on reservations in the United States - Fort Belknap Reservation (with Gros Ventre Tribe) and Fort Peck Reservation (with Sioux Tribes) and Canada- tracts of land in Saskatchewan and Alberta (with Sioux, Cree and Chippewa)  
'''1870's:''' settled on reservations in the United States - Fort Belknap Reservation (with Gros Ventre Tribe) and Fort Peck Reservation (with Sioux Tribes) and Canada- tracts of land in Saskatchewan and Alberta (with Sioux, Cree and Chippewa)  


1873: A massacre of Assiniboin band lead by Little Soldier, at Cypress Hill, inititated the establishment of Northwest Mounted Police by Canada.  
'''1873:''' A massacre of Assiniboin band lead by Little Soldier, at Cypress Hill, inititated the establishment of Northwest Mounted Police by Canada.    


1874: Fort Belknap was established for the Gros Ventre and upper Assiniboin.   
'''1874:''' Fort Belknap was established for the Gros Ventre and upper Assiniboin.   


'''1877:''' Treaty Seven is signed by the Blackfoot Confederacy and by the Stoney (Canadian) Assiniboin
'''1877:''' Treaty Seven is signed by the Blackfoot Confederacy and by the Stoney (Canadian) Assiniboin  


'''1877:''' Fort Peck, (Montana) became the agn for the lower Asasiniboin and the Yanktonai Nakota and Sisseton-Wahpeton (Dakota) Sioux
'''1877:''' Fort Peck, (Montana) became the agn for the lower Asasiniboin and the Yanktonai Nakota and Sisseton-Wahpeton (Dakota) Sioux  


'''1887-1934:''' General Allotment Act, (1887) began land allotment; in 1934 Land allotment of Assiniboin territory discontinued in 1934.
'''1883-1884:''' in the winter living at Fort Peck, the rations failed to arrive and hundreds of Assiniboin perished due to starvation.
 
'''1887-1934:''' General Allotment Act, (1887) began land allotment; in 1934 Land allotment of Assiniboin territory discontinued in 1934.  


==== Brief History  ====
==== Brief History  ====
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