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Crow Tribe of Montana · crow tribe · Crow Tribe · Crow Nation · Apsáalooke · Crow Tribe of Indians · ApsaalookeCrow Tribe of Montana
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- Official name
- Crow Tribe of Montana
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Montana
In the record
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise involving Crow Tribe of Montana: Crow Tribe and Herrera v. Wyoming (2019): treaty hunting right survives statehood. 3 court cases turned on their rights: Montana v. United States, Herrera v. Wyoming and United States v. Cooley.
This nation carries the history of Crow (Apsáalooke) in the treaty record.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Self-names
- ApsáalookeCrow
Official names
Names in treaties and records
- Crow Tribe
Other names in English
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- Treaty or agreement41 million
- Executive order9 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
12 cessions. Follow Crow (Apsáalooke) through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
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
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Land recorded in this nation’s name 12, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the Crow in Montana and Wyoming, ceded 1868 (area 517)1851
- Land of the Crow in Montana, ceded 1880 (area 619)1851
- Land of the Crow in Montana, recorded 1851 (area 635)1851
- Reservation of the Arapaho, Arikara and others in Montana and North Dakota (area 300)1851
- Land of the Blackfoot, Blood and others in Montana, ceded 1874 (area 574)1855
- Reservation of the Blackfoot, Blood and others in Montana (area 565)1855
- Land of the Crow in Montana, ceded 1875 (area 557)1873
- Land of the Blackfoot, Blood and others in Montana, ceded 1880 (area 622)1875
- Land of the Blackfoot, Blood and others in Montana, recorded 1875 (area 623)1875
- Land of the Crow in Montana, ceded 1876 (area 585)1875
- Land of the Crow in Montana, ceded 1891 (area 714)1891
- Reservation of the Crow in Montana (area 715)1891
Named in 4
Carries the treaty history of 1
Sources
- govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htmprimary record
Crow Tribe of Montana
- crow-nsn.gov/reference work
Apsáalooke Nation the official site of the crow tribe - Executive Branch
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Crow Tribe of Montana
- crow-nsn.gov/crow-tribal-govt.htmlreference work
The Modern Crow Nation Government consists of the General Council and the three branches of government
Research notes
Name as printed in V034.
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