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==== Brief Timeline ==== | ==== Brief Timeline ==== | ||
* | *1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition made contact with the tribe | ||
* | *1840-1846: Jesuit missionary - Father Pierre Jean de Smet - lived in the area | ||
* | *1841: St. Mary's Mission established by Catholics in Bitter Root Valley | ||
* | *1853: United States terminated its relationship with the sovereign nations of Flathead by the U.S. Congress under House Concurrent Resolution 108. | ||
* | *1854: St. Ignatius Mission established on the Jocko River | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/bla0736.htm 1855]October 17, Territory of Nebraska, Treaty with the Blackfeet | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/bla0736.htm 1855]October 17, Territory of Nebraska, Treaty with the Blackfeet | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/fla0722.htm 1855] July 16, at Hell Gate in Bitter Root Valley,Treaty with Flatheads Etc.,land in Montana and Idaho was ceded. | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/fla0722.htm 1855] July 16, at Hell Gate in Bitter Root Valley,Treaty with Flatheads Etc.,land in Montana and Idaho was ceded. | ||
* | *1864-80: The tribe was under the jurisdiction of the [[Montana Superintendency of Indian Affairs|Montana Superintendency]] | ||
* | *1872: Ceded additional land | ||
* | *1890-1891: Removed from Bitter Root Valley to [[Jocko Indian Reservation (Montana)|Jocko Reservation]] | ||
==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Band ==== | ==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Band ==== | ||