State
Montana
In the record
Royce’s schedule records 26 cessions that lie at least partly in Montana, from 1851 to 1891, under 6 treaties, agreements and acts. The peoples named most often are Crow (Apsáalooke), Gros Ventre (Aaniiih), Blackfeet (Pikuni), Arikara, Mandan and 9 more.
The atlas records 4 broken treaty promises here, including Fort Laramie 1868 and the Black Hills: abrogation by the Act of Feb. 28, 1877, Blackfeet and Glacier National Park: the 1895 agreement and the 1910 park and Crow Tribe and Herrera v. Wyoming (2019): treaty hunting right survives statehood. Land has come back here: National Bison Range restored to CSKT.
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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
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Contains 31
- Land of the Arikara, Gros Ventre and others in Montana and North Dakota, ceded 1880 (area 620)1851
- Land of the Arikara, Gros Ventre and others in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming, ceded 1870 (area 529)1851
- Land of the Blackfoot and Chippewa, Ontonagon band in Montana and Wyoming, recorded 1851 (area 398)1851
- 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
- Land of the Nez Percè, Blackfoot and Flathead Nations in Montana, recorded 1851 (area 399)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
- Land of the Flathead, Kootenay and others in Idaho and Montana, ceded 1855 (area 373)1855
- Reservation of the Blackfoot, Blood and others in Montana (area 565)1855
- Reservation of the Flathead, Kootenay and others in Montana (area 374)1855
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- Nez Perce: the 1855 reservation, the 1863 'thief treaty,' and 18771863suggested
- Land of the Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne and others in several states, ceded 1876 (area 597)1868
- Land of the Bannock and Shoshoni in several states, ceded 1868 (area 520)1868
- Land of the Methow and Okanagan in Idaho, Montana and Washington, recorded 1871 (area 532)1871
- Land of the Crow in Montana, ceded 1875 (area 557)1873
- Fort Laramie 1868 and the Black Hills: abrogation by the Act of Feb. 28, 18771874suggested
- 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
- Reservation of the Cheyenne (northern) in Montana (area 658a)1884
- Land of the Gros Ventre and Piegan in Montana, ceded 1888 (area 692)1888
- Reservation of the Indians of Blackfoot agency in Montana (area 695)1888
- Reservation of the Indians of Fort Belknap agency in Montana (area 694)1888
- Reservation of the Indians of Fort Peck agency in Montana (area 693)1888
- Land of the Crow in Montana, ceded 1891 (area 714)1891
- Reservation of the Crow in Montana (area 715)1891
- Blackfeet and Glacier National Park: the 1895 agreement and the 1910 park1895suggested
- Crow Tribe and Herrera v. Wyoming (2019): treaty hunting right survives statehood2014suggested
- National Bison Range restored to CSKT2020suggested
Organizations working here 4
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT)suggested
- Honor the Earthsuggested
- Indian Law Resource Centersuggested
- Potlatch Fundsuggested
Sources
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