Land area
Land of the Crow in Montana, ceded 1875 (area 557)
- 1873
Named in the record
The 1899 record: “U. S. agree that country described in first article shall constitute their reserve. Second article of treaty of May 7, 1868, at Fort Laramie, abrogated”
- 1874
Set aside as a reservation
The 1899 record: “President sets apart reserve in accordance with agreement of Aug. 16, 1873, subject to approval of Congress”
- 1875
Taken back by the United States
The 1899 record: “President revokes order of Jan. 31, 1874, designating tract described by agreement of Aug. 16, 1873, as a reserve for Crows”
In the record
Set apart for the Crow in the Judith Basin by executive order in 1874, under an 1873 agreement Congress never ratified, then returned to the public domain in 1875. The area covers about 3.1 million acres in what is now Montana.
The 1899 record names Crow (Apsáalooke) as the people of this land.
Today, Crow Tribe of Montana carries the history of the people named here.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.
Who is doing the work
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) Nation government National Bison Range restoration (about 18,800 acres) Website
- Potlatch Fund Native-led Native philanthropy and grantmaking to Native individuals and Native-led organizations Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
Links marked “suggested” were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Nations named for this land 2
- Crow (Apsáalooke)as named in the 1899 recordsuggested
- Crow Tribe of Montanamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1873-08-16primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1874-01-31primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Montana 2 (Library of Congress)primary record
- USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work
The record’s fields
- Area number in the 1899 record
- 557
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1873-08-16; 1874-01-31; 1875-03-25
- Kind of instrument
- Executive order
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Crow
- States
- MT
- Counties
- Chouteau; Fergus; Judith Basin; Wheatland
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Montana 2
- Geometry
- Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps
Research notes
geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.
- Kind
- Land area
- Confidence
- Medium