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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indian Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Indians of Montana|Indians of Montana]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '' Assiniboin Indians | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indian Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Indians of Montana|Indians of Montana]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '' Assiniboin Indians | ||
Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. | Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. | ||
To get started in [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indian Research]] | To get started in [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indian Research]] | ||
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==== Brief Timeline ==== | ==== Brief Timeline ==== | ||
* | *Early: Forced from Great Lakes area to Minnesota area by tribal warfare | ||
* | *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 | ||
*1824-66: Tribe under the jurisdiction of the [[Upper Missouri Indian Agency|Upper Missouri Agency]]. | *1824-66: Tribe under the jurisdiction of the [[Upper Missouri Indian Agency|Upper Missouri Agency]]. | ||
* | *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. | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/sio0594.htm 1851] September 17, at Fort Laramie, with Sioux. The treaty establishes the territory of the Assiniboin Nation. | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/sio0594.htm 1851] September 17, at Fort Laramie, with Sioux. The treaty establishes the territory of the Assiniboin Nation. | ||
* | *1855: Tribe referred to in treaty with the [[Blackfeet Indians|Blackfeet]] | ||
*1864-80: Tribe under the jurisdiction of the [[Montana Superintendency of Indian Affairs|Montana Superintendency]]. | *1864-80: Tribe under the jurisdiction of the [[Montana Superintendency of Indian Affairs|Montana Superintendency]]. | ||
* | *1866: The tribe agreed to move to Fort Buford, in "North Dakota" | ||
*1867-70: Tribe under the jurisdiction of the [[Fort Berthold Indian Agency (North Dakota)|Fort Berthold Agency]]. | *1867-70: Tribe under the jurisdiction of the [[Fort Berthold Indian Agency (North Dakota)|Fort Berthold Agency]]. | ||
* | *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 Indians|Sioux]], [[Cree Indians|Cree]] and [[Chippewa Indians|Chippewa]]) | ||
* | *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 Indians|GrosVentre]] and Upper Assiniboin. | ||
* | *1877: Treaty Seven is signed by the Blackfoot Confederacy and by the Stoney (Canadian) Assiniboin | ||
* | *1877: Fort Peck (Montana) became the agency for the Lower Asasiniboin and the Yanktonai Nakota and [[Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, South Dakota|Sisseton-Wahpeton]] (Dakota) Sioux | ||
* | *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; land allotment of Assiniboin territory discontinued in 1934. | ||
==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe ==== | ==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe ==== | ||
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*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/sio0594.htm 1851] September 17, at Fort Laramie, with Sioux. The treaty establishes the territory of the Assiniboin Nation. | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/sio0594.htm 1851] September 17, at Fort Laramie, with Sioux. The treaty establishes the territory of the Assiniboin Nation. | ||
*October 17, 1855, | *October 17, 1855, Referred to in Blackfeet treaty | ||
==== Tribal Office Records ==== | ==== Tribal Office Records ==== | ||