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Montana Office of the Governor, Montana Indian Historical Jurisdiction Study records, 1851-1975

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Montana. Office of the Governor
Title
Montana Office of the Governor, Montana Indian Historical Jurisdiction Study records
Dates
1851-1975 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 linear ft
Collection Number
RS 502 (Formerly RS 266)
Summary
This collection is a subgroup (Former Study) of the Montana Office of the Governor records. The Montana Indian Historical Jusisdiction Study came about in 1977 when the Montana Governor's Office contracted with the Historical Research Associates (HRA) of Missoula, Montana, to conduct research into treaties, statutes, and executive orders affecting Montana reservations. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Office of the Governor records. These records (1851-1975) consist of copies of documents housed in the National Archives and the Seattle Federal Records Center concerning Montana Indians and reservations, and include copies of treaties, statutes, executive orders, and reports compiled and microfilmed by Historical Research Associates. Also included are four volumes containing a description of the project, a review of Montana Indian policy, individual reservation histories, lists of legislative acts, list of documents on microfiche, a bibliography, significant excerpts from the reservation superintendents' annual reports, and an index to archival documents on Montana Indian reservations.
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The "General Appropriation Act of 1977," appropriated money for the Governor's Office to undertake treaty review and research of Indian Affairs in the State of Montana. In December 1977, the Governor's Office contracted with Historical Research Associates (HRA) of Missoula, Montana, to conduct research into treaties, statutes, and executive orders affecting Montana reservations. Particular emphasis was to be placed on those documents concerning reservation establishment and boundary delineation. A few months after the award of this contract, the Governor's Office expanded the project to issues involving Indian hunting and fishing rights. HRA staff reseachers began work on the treaty review and research project in December, 1977. Following the compilation of documents involving boundary and/or fishing issues, staff researchers began an investigation of various annual reports of Indian agents in Montana.

In addition, a researcher traveled to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and to the Seattle Federal Records Center in Seattle, Washington, to investigate archival documents relating to Indian affairs. Concomitant with the collection of archival documents, a researcher prepared legislative histories for some 50 significant treaties, acts and executive orders. By early spring, 1979, some 15,000 pages of documents had been collected and organized by project team members. At this point, research historians began compiling brief overviews of treaties, statutes and executive orders that affected various Montana reservations. In June, 1979, the Governor's Office contracted with HRA to supervise the microfilming of all documents. That process was completed in October of 1980.

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Content Description

This collection consist of copies of documents housed in the National Archives and the Federal Records Center (Seattle) regarding treaties, statutes, executive orders, and reports affecting Montana Indians and reservations compiled and microfilmed by Historical Research Associates (HRA), Missoula, Montana. Also included are four volumes published by HRA containing a description of the project, a review of Montana Indian Policy, individual reservation histories, a list of legislative acts, a list of documents on microfiche, a bibliography, significant excerpts from the Reservation Superintendent's Annual Reports, and an index to archival documents of Montana Indian reservations. [Transferred by Al Newell, HRA, March 23, 1981, and July 26, 1981.]

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society Library & Archives. The Library & Archives does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by series.

Location of Collection

32:5-1

Processing Note

In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Office of the Governor were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 502, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the MTHS catalog, and to follow best archival practices.

Collections from the Montana Office of the Governor's various Offices and Programs that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 502. Rather than reprocessing over 15 linear feet of Governor's materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those collections/finding aids, and provide access to them via links through the central finding aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information is available upon request.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

  • Printed Materials

    • Description: Guides and Index
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1-1a /
      Location: Printed Materials

  • Legislative Materials

    • Description: Treaties, laws, executive orders (general)
      Dates: 1858-1920
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 1
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Treaties, laws, executive orders (general)
      Dates: 1920-1975
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 2
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Treaties, laws, executive orders (general)
      Dates: 1824-1975
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 3
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Blackfeet Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, and executive orders (regarding allotments, timber rights, irrigation, land cessions, railroad right-of-way, school districts, non-Indians on reservation)
      Dates: 1824-1975
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 4
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (general)
      Dates: 1825-1917
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 5
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding allotments and claims)
      Dates: 1880-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 6
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding irrigation)
      Dates: 1891-1946
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 7
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding land cessions)
      Dates: 1886-1937
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 8
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding non-Indians on reservation)
      Dates: 1873-1958
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 9
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding railroad right-of-way)
      Dates: 1864-1893
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 10
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding schools)
      Dates: 1918
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 11
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (general)
      Dates: 1855-1966
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 12
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding allotments and claims)
      Dates: 1904-1969
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 13
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding irrigation)
      Dates: 1904-1964
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 14
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding land cessions)
      Dates: 1905-1968
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 15
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding non-Indians on reservation)
      Dates: 1871-1916
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 16
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding railroad right-of-way, schools, townsites)
      Dates: 1882-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 17
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Fort Belknap Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding allotment, claims, irrigation, and land cessions)
      Dates: 1824-1930
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 18
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Fort Peck Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding allotments, claims, irrigation, land cessions, non-Indians on reservation, and schools)
      Dates: 1824-1975
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (regarding allotments, irrigation, and non-Indians on reservation)
      Dates: 1868-1968
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 2
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation: treaties, laws, executive orders (general)
      Dates: 1908-1974
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 3
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of May 25, 1824 (regarding authorization for negotiations for 1825 treaties)
      Dates: 1824
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 4
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Fort Laramie Treaty (documents)
      Dates: 1851
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 5
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Flathead and Blackfeet Treaties (documents)
      Dates: 1855
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 6
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Crow and Northern Cheyenne Treaties (documents)
      Dates: 1868
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 7
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of July 2, 1864 (legislative history)
      Dates: 1864
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 8
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of June 5, 1872 (legislative history)
      Dates: 1872
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 9
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of March 3, 1873 (to establish the Judith Basin Reserve)
      Dates: 1873
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 10
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of April 15, 1874 (to establish Greater Blackfeet Reservation)
      Dates: 1874
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 11
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of April 11, 1882 (regarding Crow Indians cession of land and allotments)
      Dates: 1882
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 12
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of July 10, 1882 (regarding Crow Indian land cessions to Northern Pacific Railroad)
      Dates: 1882
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Agreement of September 2, 1882 (regarding Flathead Indians)
      Dates: 1882
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 2
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of July 4, 1884 (regarding Indian Trust Fund Stocks)
      Dates: 1884
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 3
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of May 15, 1886 (regarding appropriations for Indian programs)
      Dates: 1886
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 4
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of February 8, 1887 (regarding alllotment in severalty, the Dawes Act)
      Dates: 1887
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 5
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of February 15, 1887 (regarding right-of-way for the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company)
      Dates: 1887
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 6
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of May 1, 1888 (regarding the establishment of reservations)
      Dates: 1888
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 7
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of August 19, 1890 (regarding appropriations for Indian programs)
      Dates: 1890
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 1
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of September 25, 1890 (regarding the sale of a section of Crow Indian Reservation to U.S. government)
      Dates: 1890
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 2
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of February 28, 1891 (regarding extention of Indian benefits under allotment in severalty, Dawes Act of 1887)
      Dates: 1891
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 3
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of March 3, 1891 (regarding cession of land in Crow Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1891
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 4
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of July 13, 1892 (regarding appropriations for Indian programs)
      Dates: 1892
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 5
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of March 2, 1895 (regarding appropriations for Indian programs)
      Dates: 1895
      Container: Box/Folder 6 / 1
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of June 10, 1896 (regarding Blackfoot and Fort Belknap Indian Reservation land cessions)
      Dates: 1896
      Container: Box/Folder 6 / 2
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of July 1, 1898 (regarding appropriations for Indian programs)
      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 6 / 3
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: William McKinley's Executive Order, March 19, 1900 (regarding the removal of Northern Cheyenne Indians to the Crow Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 7 / 1
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of March 3, 1903 (regarding the exempt status of the Five Civilized Tribes)
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box/Folder 7 / 2
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of April 23, 1904 (regarding survey and allotment within the Flathead Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1904
      Container: Box/Folder 7 / 3
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of April 27, 1904 (regarding cession and allotment of Crow Reservation lands)
      Dates: 1904
      Container: Box/Folder 7 / 4
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of May 8, 1906 (regarding allotments)
      Dates: 1906
      Container: Box/Folder 7 / 5
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of March 1, 1907 (regarding allotments of Blackfeet Indian Reservation lands)
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box/Folder 7 / 6
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of April 30, 1908, (regarding allotments on Flathead Indian Reservation, appropriations for various Indian programs, and relief for Indians on Rocky Boys Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1908
      Container: Box/Folder 8 / 1
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of May 30, 1908 (regarding allotment of Fort Peck Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1908
      Container: Box/Folder 8 / 2
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of February 11, 1915 (regarding the survey of lands on the Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation to open it for settlement)
      Dates: 1915
      Container: Box/Folder 8 / 3
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of September 7, 1916 (regarding opening Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation for settlement, and establishing the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box/Folder 8 / 4
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of June 30, 1919 (regarding appropriation for various Indian programs, disposing of unalloted land on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1919
      Container: Box/Folder 8 / 5
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of June 4, 1920 (regarding the cession, survey and allotment, and disposal of surplus lands on the Crow Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 9 / 1
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of March 3, 1921 (regarding allotment of lands on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1921
      Container: Box/Folder 9 / 2
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of September 21, 1922 (regarding extending the time for allotments on the Crow Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 9 / 3
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of February 14, 1923 (regarding allotments)
      Dates: 1923
      Container: Box/Folder 9 / 4
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of June 3, 1926 (regarding appropriation for various projects on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1926
      Container: Box/Folder 9 / 5
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of June 18, 1934 (regarding granting Indians the freedom to organize local governments, financial institutions, etc.)
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box/Folder 9 / 6
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of May 14, 1935 (regarding addition to the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1935
      Container: Box/Folder 10 / 1
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of August 31, 1937 (regarding the removal of certain lands from the Crow Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box/Folder 10 / 2
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of March 28, 1939 (regarding addition to Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation)
      Dates: 1939
      Container: Box/Folder 10 / 3
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of August 13, 1946 (regarding Indian claims in the U.S. Court of Claims, creation of an Indian Court of Claims, and an Claims Commission)
      Dates: 1946
      Container: Box/Folder 10 / 4
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of August 18, 1950 (regarding rehabilitation of landless Indians on the Rocky Boy's Reservation)
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 10 / 5
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: House Concurrent Resolution 108, August 1, 1953 (regarding the removal of certain Indian tribes from wardship status)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 10 / 6
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of July 12, 1960 (regarding penalties for the destruction of boundary and warning signs on reservations)
      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box/Folder 10 / 7
      Location: Legislative Materials
    • Description: Act of January 4, 1975 (regarding Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act)
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box/Folder 11 / 1
      Location: Legislative Materials

  • Subject Files

    • Description: Blackfeet Indian Reservation (regarding non-Indians herding cattle across reservation; timber rights; hunting and fishing in and around Glacier National Park; the reduction of Indian Reservations; allotments; the townsite for Browning; female Indians and their rights to alloted lands; and intertribal marriage)
      Dates: 1883-1908
      Container: Box/Folder 11 / 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Blackfeet Indian Reservation (regarding railroad right-of-way; allotments; fishing permits; townsite for Midvale; surplus lands appraisal; townsite for Blackfoot; Great Northern Railroad; opening reservation for settlement on surplus lands)
      Dates: 1909-1913
      Container: Box/Folder 11 / 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Blackfeet Indian Reservation (regarding common hunting ground, surplus lands, allotments, hunting and fishing permits (The Blackfoot Project), hunting in and near Glacier National Park)
      Dates: 1914-1915
      Container: Box/Folder 11 / 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Blackfeet Indian Reservation (regarding hunting in and near Glacier National Park, re-allotments, hunting and fishing regulations, U.S.-Canadian boundary easements)
      Dates: 1916-1918
      Container: Box/Folder 11 / 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Blackfeet Indian Reservation (regarding hunting in and near Glacier National Park; surplus lands; re-allotment; hunting and fishing permits; townsite for Browning; irrigation; fee patent lands; legal juridiction for prosecuting Indians committing crimes on the reservation; tribal land leases; agricultural, oil, and gas development)
      Dates: 1919-1939
      Container: Box/Folder 11 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (regarding extention of reservation to Tongue River; allotments; white encroachment; inspection of reservation; map (1931); adjustment of Northern Pacific land grant; hunting and fishing on tribal lands; and surplus lands appraisal)
      Dates: 1884-1938
      Container: Box/Folder 11 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (regarding landless Indians; hunting and fishing on reservation; Tongue River Reservation; surveys; allotments; status of land adjacent to reservation; World War II and its effect on services for Indians; schools; governing bodies on reservation; The Wheeler-Howard Act; water rights; Fighting Bear, Hollowbreast, and John Medicine Bird speeches; poverty; and land leases)
      Dates: 1941-1958
      Container: Box/Folder 11 / 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (regarding the Little Rockies Mountains and the boundaries of the reservaiton; right-of-way; white settlement on ceded lands; Indian sale of houses to non-Indians; removal of Indians at Fort Belknap; petition opposing allotments; trespassing on reservation; hunting and fishing; and townsites)
      Dates: 1884-1934
      Container: Box/Folder 12 / 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (regarding allotments; non-ward Indians; Blackfoot, Blood, Piegan and Gros Venture Indians; fishing and hunting on reservation; Indian land tenure; subsistance homestead lands; legal juridiction for crimes committed on the reservation; and the Bureau of Indian Affairs)
      Dates: 1935-1960
      Container: Box/Folder 12 / 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation (regarding Northern Pacific Railroad right-of-way; relationship with Missoula and the Bitteroot Valley; timber rights on reservation in regards to railroad; extention of boundaries; trespassing of cattle and stockmen; surplus lands; Peter Ronan; and opening the reservation for settlement)
      Dates: 1881-1910
      Container: Box/Folder 12 / 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation (regarding allotments, hunting and fishing on the reservation, townsite for Ronan, right-of-way for the Northen Pacific Railroad, timber sales, and boundaries of reservation)
      Dates: 1881-1910
      Container: Box/Folder 12 / 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation (regarding allotments, timber rights; "Villa Estates"; boundaries, hunting and fishing; right-of-way for the Northern Pacific Railroad; and Flathead, Kootenai, Nez Perce, Pende Orlene, Competency Commission for the Flathead Reservation.)
      Dates: 1911-1933
      Container: Box/Folder 12 / 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation (regarding hunting and fishing on reservation; statement of purpose and jurisdiction for Office of Indian Affairs; jurisdiction of U.S. courts in regard to Indian offenses; the Flathead Tribal Council; the Montana Power Company; allotments; state highways in and around the reservation; and the U of M Biological Station.)
      Dates: 1911-1913
      Container: Box/Folder 12 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation (regarding legislation to end the loss of reservation land due to allotment system; hunting and fishing on reservation; Confederated Flathead Tribes; Kicking Horse Reservoir; Indian cattle grazing on lands adjacent to reservation; and the Natural Resources Survey (1934))
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box/Folder 12 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation (regarding grazing on public domain; hunting and fishing; the Confederated Flathead Tribes; timber; Indian Reorganization Act; and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.)
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box/Folder 12 / 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation (regarding reorganization of Indian Justice Courts; the Migratory Bird Treaty Act; hunting and fishing licences; Blue Bay Townsite; Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge and Pablo National Wildlife Refuge; grazing on state lands; Flathead Irrigating Project; and boundaries.)
      Dates: 1936-1942
      Container: Box/Folder 13 / 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation (Blue Bay Camp, Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge and Pablo National Wildlife Refuge; hunting and fishing on reservation; the Flathead Irrigation Project; grazing; wildlife conservation; U.S. Attorney General's opinions on jurisdiction; and aggreement between the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council and the State Fish and Game Commission)
      Dates: 1936-1942
      Container: Box/Folder 13 / 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Flathead Indian Reservation (regarding grazing (i.e. Flathead Tribal Council and Montana State Fish and Game Commission agreement); Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge and Pablo National Wildlife Refuge; Flathead Fish and Game Ordinance; Lake Ronan Dike; legislation regarding liquidation of tribal property; status of ward Indians; Flathead tribes purchase of the 1920 Allotments; and legislation ending federal supervision of reservation)
      Dates: 1943-1959
      Container: Box/Folder 13 / 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Fort Peck Indian Reservation (regarding hunting and fishing on reservation; boundaries; "Agreement with the Indians of the Fort Berthold Agency" (December 14, 1886); Gros Venture and Mandan Indians; "Proceedings of Council with the Sioux Indians of Fort Peck Agency"; agreements with Gros Venture, Piegan, Blood, Blackfeet and River Crow Indians to reduce reservations; and St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Company right-of-way)
      Dates: 1883-1888
      Container: Box/Folder 13 / 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Great Northern Railway Company / St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway right-of-way; timber; gravel harvesting adjacent to right-of-way (Wolf Point, Montana); appraisal and leasing of gravel pits on reservation; stockyards at Oswego, Montana; relinguishment of right-of-way on abandoned sites and re-location of right-of-way; mineral rights on allotted lands; settlement of Fort Peck Reservation surplus lands; hunting and fishing on reservation; and John J. Abers vs Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indidan Reservation)
      Dates: 1890-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 13 / 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Rocky Boy Indian Reservation (legislation to open Fort Assiniboine Military Reservation (1916); fish hatchery on Big Sandy Creek; hunting and fishing on reservation; conflicts with Havre, Montana; Cowan Irrigation tract, and expanding reservation; relief for Great Falls Indians (1931); and landless Indians in Montana)
      Dates: 1916-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 13 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation (regarding opening a segment of Crow Reservation to settlement (Emigrant Gulch, Crevice Gulch, etc.); survey and right-of-way for Northern Pacific Railroad; modifying the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868; timber harvesting by railroad beyond the right-of-way; construction of houses by white settlers on right-of-way; and railroad driving cattle across reservation)
      Dates: 1880-1883
      Container: Box/Folder 14 / 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation (regarding reduction of Crow Reservation; Northern Pacific Railroad driving cattle across the reservation; Rocky Fork & Cooke City Railroad Company right-of-way (including grazing and timber rights); boundaries; grass burning by Northern Pacific Railroad Company; white encroachment on ceded lands; allotments; Cree Indians; and legislation proposed to open unalloted lands on reservation)
      Dates: 1884-1912
      Container: Box/Folder 14 / 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation (regarding livestock raising on reservation; opening up the reservation to white farmers/ranchers; and "Proceeding of Crow Indian Council," November 22-23, 1913)
      Dates: 1913
      Container: Box/Folder 14 / 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation (regarding assistance to young and ailing Crow Indians in Montana; opening the reservation to settlement by whites; legislation calling for allotment and leasing of reservation lands; developement of natural resources by tribal leadership; speeches by Plenty Coups regarding allotment and lease policies; legislature giving Montana Indians access to U.S. Court of Claims; citizenship for Indians; fishing and hunting regulations; land grants for schools; sale of allotted land held in trust to American Veterans of Foreign Wars; rights of Canadian Cree Indians; and townsites)
      Dates: 1916-1923
      Container: Box/Folder 14 / 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation (regarding legislation on allotments, Crow Tribal Council contracting attorney to represent the tribe in irrigation dispute with local farmers; hunting and fishing rights on and off reservation, Crow Claims under the Fort Laramie Treaty; legislation on self-government; the Wheeler-Howard Bill; and transplanting black bear and grizzly on reservation)
      Dates: 1926-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 15 / 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Crow Indian Reservation (regarding Indian Reorganization Act and legislative efforts to destroy it; placing control of wildlife resources on reservation with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; limiting non-Indian travel on the reservations; hunting and fishing rights on the reservation and law suits brought against the U.S. government; jurisdiction of Indian Courts; legislation to abolish the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and a listing of legislation regarding Indians (82nd session of Congress, 1953))
      Dates: 1926-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 15 / 2
      Location: Subject Files

  • Reports

    • Description: Secretary of Interior Annual Reports
      Dates: 1855-1865
      Container: Box/Folder 15 / 3
      Location: Reports
    • Description: Secretary of Interior Annual Reports
      Dates: 1866-1871
      Container: Box/Folder 15 / 4
      Location: Reports
    • Description: Secretary of Interior Annual Reports
      Dates: 1872-1877
      Container: Box/Folder 15 / 5
      Location: Reports
    • Description: Secretary of Interior Annual Reports
      Dates: 1878-1890
      Container: Box/Folder 15 / 6
      Location: Reports
    • Description: Secretary of Interior Annual Reports
      Dates: 1891-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 16 / 1
      Location: Reports
    • Description: Secretary of Interior Annual Reports
      Dates: 1900-1906
      Container: Box/Folder 16 / 2
      Location: Reports

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Subject Terms

  • Indians of North America--Claims--Montana
  • Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.--Montana
  • Indians of North America--Treaties--Montana

Geographical Names

  • Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.)
  • Crow Indian Reservation (Mont.)
  • Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)
  • Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Mont.)
  • Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Mont.)
  • Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.)
  • Rocky Boys Indian Reservation (Mont.)

Finding aid prepared by MTHS Staff; Updated by Lindsey Mick
2004; 2025

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