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Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Montana) (view source)
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:Established -- 1884 | :Established -- 1884 | ||
:Agency (BIA) -- Northern Cheyenne Indian Agency, located at Lame Deer | :Agency (BIA) -- Northern Cheyenne Indian Agency, located at Lame Deer | ||
:Principal tribe -- Northern Cheyenne | :Principal tribe -- Northern Cheyenne | ||
:Population -- | :Population -- | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The Northern Cheyenne Reservation was established by Executive orders, Nov. 26, 1884, and Mar. 19 1900; and an act of Mar. 3, 1903. | |||
Its area in 1908 was 489,500 acres<ref>"Montana Indian Reservations," Handbook of Indians North of Mexico, by Frederick Webb Hodge [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/reservations/montanarez.htm Available online.]</ref>. | |||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
Many of the records of individual Indians living on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation were kept by the [[Northern Cheyenne Indian Agency (Montana)|Northern Cheyenne Agency]] of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Lame Deer. Others are kept by the Tribal Office. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||