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'''Alternate Names:''' Assiniboine, Nakoda | '''Alternate Names:''' Assiniboine, Nakoda | ||
=== Tribal Headquarters === | |||
Fort Belknap Indian Community<br>RR1, Box 66<br>101 Tribal Way <br>Harlem, MT 59526<br>Phone: 1-406-353-2205<br>Fax: (406) 353-4541<br>Official Website: [http://www.ftbelknap-nsn.gov www.ftbelknap-nsn.gov]<br> | |||
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] | |||
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*Reservation website for the [http://www.ftbelknap-nsn.gov/ Fort Belknap Indian Community], including both the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre Indians | |||
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*'''1836:''' Smallpox epidemic killed about 4,000 | *'''1836:''' Smallpox epidemic killed about 4,000 | ||
*'''1851:''' Treaty at Fort Laramie -- they promise not attack settlers traveling the Oregon Trail and are assigned land in western Montana. | *'''1851:''' Treaty at Fort Laramie -- they promise not attack settlers traveling the Oregon Trail and are assigned land in western Montana. | ||
*'''1855:''' Tribe referred to in treaty with the [[ | *'''1855:''' Tribe referred to in treaty with the [[Blackfeet Indians|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 [[ | *'''1870's:''' settled on reservations in the United States - Fort Belknap Reservation (with [[Grosventre Indians|GrosVentre ]]Tribe) and Fort Peck Reservation (with Sioux Tribes) - and in 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 GrosVentre and Upper Assiniboin. | *'''1874:''' Fort Belknap was established for the GrosVentre and Upper Assiniboin. | ||