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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 | ||
Population given in U.S. Indian repots: 1843: 7,000 1890: 3,008, 1904: 2,600- (Hodge) | |||
'''[[Image:Assiniboin-bowman.jpg|right|300px]]''' | '''[[Image:Assiniboin-bowman.jpg|right|300px]]''' | ||
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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 | A smallpox epidemic de-populated the tribe by 4,000 in 1836. | ||
The mid 1840-1850's emigrants were traveling west across the country in persute 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. | The mid 1840-1850's emigrants were traveling west across the country in persute 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. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
Fredric W. Hodge states that in1904 living in Montana there were 644 Assiniboin Indians living at Fort Belknap Agency and 535 at Fort Peck Agency. | |||
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. | ||
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'''Correspondence and Census''' | '''Correspondence and Census''' | ||
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