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'''Vital Records'''
'''Treaties'''


*Flathead Agency M595, births and deaths 1924-1934 FHL Film: 576469 and births and deaths, 1927-1937 FHL Film: 576471.  FHL Film: 576468 also includes supplemental rolls of the Flathead (Montana) Agency
*1855, Treaty with the Blackfeet
*1855, Treaty withthe Flatheads, Etc
 
 
'''Vital Records'''
 
*Flathead Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1934 FHL Film: 576469 and births and deaths, 1927-1937 FHL Film: 576471.  FHL Film: 576468 also includes supplemental rolls of the Flathead (Montana) Agency


== Important Web Sites  ==
== Important Web Sites  ==

Revision as of 16:56, 30 January 2010

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The Flathead were also known by the name Salish

Ancestral homeland: western Montana and northern Idaho


History[edit | edit source]

Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]

1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition made contact with the tribe

1840-1846: Jesuit missionary- Father Pierre Jean de Smet lived in the area

1855: treaty ceded land in Montana and Idaho

1872: ceded land

Brief History[edit | edit source]

Reservations[edit | edit source]

Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Band[edit | edit source]

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Flathead tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]

Records[edit | edit source]

Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Tribe Agency Location of Original Records

Pre-1880 Correspondence

M234 RG 75 Rolls 962

Roll Number

FHL  

Film Number

Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Roll 693

 Roll Number

FHL 

Film Number

Flathead Montana Superintendency, 1864-1952 Washington D.C. Rolls 488-518 - - -
Flathead Flathead Agency, 1875-1952 Seattle - - Rolls 107-16 575799-800, 576464-471

Treaties

  • 1855, Treaty with the Blackfeet
  • 1855, Treaty withthe Flatheads, Etc


Vital Records

  • Flathead Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1934 FHL Film: 576469 and births and deaths, 1927-1937 FHL Film: 576471.  FHL Film: 576468 also includes supplemental rolls of the Flathead (Montana) Agency

Important Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]


Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  • Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
  • Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
  • Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.
Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands
  • Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
Volume 1 -- Not yet published
Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751
Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371
Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.
Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.
Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.
Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311
Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.
Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.
Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.
Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.
Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.
Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643
Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176
Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.
Volume 16 -- Not yet published
Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746
Volume 18 -- Not yet published
Volume 19 -- Not yet published
Volume 20 -- Not yet published