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Collection 2139, MtBC, us
United States. Office of Indian
Affairs. Crow Indian Agency
Plats to Accompany Schedules of Allotments
on the Crow Indian Reservation
1923
1 volume
The Plats to Accompany Schedules of Allotments on the Crow
Indian Reservation consist of a series of blueline prints of individual townships which make
up the reservation area. The bound maps are arranged by township number first ( 1 through 9
South) and thereafter by range number (27 through 38 East of the Principal Meridian).
Specific holdings are identified by hatch marks or bold lines along the parcel boundaries
with the name of the owner printed within. All Crow family names have been rendered in
English.
Collection materials are in English
Biographical Note
The Dawes Act, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States
to survey Indian tribal land and divide the land into allotments for individual Indians. In
Montana, the Crow Act of 1920 implemented provisions of the Dawes Act by authorizing the
compilation of a "complete roll of the Crow Tribe" to determine the distribution of
allotments. In 1923, in connection with this work, a series of township maps were created by
special allotting agents John K. Rankin and Charles E. Roblin, working with draftsman L. C.
Rennick. These men performed the work under the general supervision of Charles H. Asbury,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs Superintendent of the Crow Reservation.
The Plats to accompany schedules of allotments on the Crow Indian Reservation consist of a
series of blueline prints of individual townships which make up the reservation area. The
bound maps are arranged by township number first (1 through 9 South) and thereafter by range
number (27 through 38 East of the Principal Meridian). Specific holdings are identified by
hatch marks or bold lines along the parcel boundaries with the name of the owner printed
within. All Crow family names have been rendered in English.
This collection is open for research.
Bound blueline print plat maps of the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana were transferred
to Special Collections by the Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, on March 13,
1983.
This collection was processed 2012 February 6
Rankin, John K.
Rennick, L. C. (Leverett C.),
1887-1953
Roblin, Charles E. (Charles
Ernest), 1870-1953
United States. Office of Indian
Affairs. Crow Indian Agency
United States. Office of Indian
Affairs. Crow Indian Agency
Crow Indian Reservation (Mont.)
-- Maps
Montana -- Crow Indian
Reservation
Crow Indians -- Land tenure
Indian allotments -- Montana -- Crow Indian
Reservation
Indian allottees -- Montana -- Crow Indian
Reservation
Crow Indians -- Land tenure
Indian allotments
Indian allottees
Land Use
Native
Americans
Montana
Maps
Plats -- Montana -- Crow Indian
Reservation
Maps