Location ID: #1724
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Historically the largest and most dominant Indian tribe in Montana was the Blackfeet. The origin of their name was probably derived from the blackened moccasins tribe traditionally wore. The dark hue may have been painted purposely or may have been ...
Location ID: #110
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Browning is the agency headquarters for the 1.5 million-acre Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Blackfeet Indians are Montana's largest Indian tribe. Although today the majority of the Blackfeet on the reservation live much like the residents of any ...
Location ID: #10309888
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Buffalo Herds
Location ID: #10108416
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In 1997 the National Wildlife Federation signed a memorandum of understanding with the Intertribal Bison Cooperative, the first-ever conservation agreement between an environmental organization and an inter-tribal group, to advocate for the return ...
Starr School Rd (Southfork) & Racine Basin Rd (Northfork)
Location ID: #862
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Tribal mountain stream valley with Glacier Park background.
Location ID: #1375
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Located in Northwestern Montana, these two creeks (Northfork & Southfork) of Cut Bank Creek headwater in Glacier National Park, along the continental divide, and flow out to a common confluence in the plains of the Blackfeet Indian reservation.
Blackfeet Nation Babb
Location ID: #10026134
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Babb (Blackfeet: Paahtomahksikimi, "Lakes Inside", or Saiyapakaitapisko, “Cree Town”) is a small unincorporated farming and ranching community in Glacier County, Montana, United States, on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The community experiences ...
Location ID: #10296179
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Located on the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Known as Medicine Tail Coulee, and the site of Cheyenne and Lakota encampments during the battle. Our property is located on nearly 2 miles of river (Little Bighorn) and lush with greasy ...
Location ID: #532
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The Mission Mountain Range is the gateway to the Mission Mountain Wilderness Area, a 73,877-acre paradise for hiking, camping and fishing. An area of outstanding scenic beauty--rugged, snowcapped peaks, several small glaciers, alpine lakes, meadows ...
Location ID: #10011258
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The Apsáalooke people had occasional contact with the Jesuits beginning in 1840, including Father Pierre Jean DeSmet, the first “Black Robe” to visit what is now the State of Montana. By 1880 other Jesuits arrived to evangelize the reservation; they ...
Location ID: #709
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The St. Ignatius Mission was built in the early 1890’s. This Catholic Church is unique because its walls and ceilings have 58 original paintings by Brother Joseph Carignano on them. The Mission Mountain Range is a beautiful backdrop of scenery ...
Location ID: #707
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Rich in history and native culture, the small town of St. Ignatius on the Flathead Indian Reservation offers beautiful views of the Mission Valley. You'll find Native American crafts, artifacts and antiques here. The St. Ignatius Mission features 58 ...
Location ID: #950
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If you like nature you will love a primitive campground like McDonald Lake Campground. When you arrive at a primitive campground such as McDonald Lake Campground you'll realize it was well worth the effort getting here. The natural beauty at this ...
Ninepipe Wildlife Refuge
Location ID: #569
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Ninepipe Reservoir is the result of Ninepipe Dam on the Dublin Gulch River in Lake County, Montana and is used for irrigation and recreation purposes. Construction was completed in 1923. It has a normal surface area of 2.6 square miles. ...
Location ID: #841
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Pryor, south of Billings, takes its name from the creek and mountains, which were named by Lewis and Clark for Sgt. Nathaniel Pryor, a member of the expedition. Pryor is on the Crow Indian Reservation and is the site of the Chief Plenty Coups State ...
Location ID: #10009613
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Lodge Grass, on the Little Bighorn River and the Crow Indian Reservation, is a center for ranches whose herds graze the rich, grass-covered uplands where buffalo used to range. Long ago the Crows made their summer camps here. The town was named for ...
Location ID: #144
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The Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana is located in Charlo. It was established to discover and memorialize the history and culture of the Flathead Indian Reservation and early Montana. The National Bison Range is located just seven miles southwest ...
Location ID: #10090089
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The parents of the Little Flower Parish on the Blackfeet reservation in Montana invited the De La Salle Christian Brothers to start a school in Browning. They saw this as one way to develop their children’s dignity, talents, and learning abilities ...
The "Goatman" Church & "FarCry 5" Church
Location ID: #10159096
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Paul High Back, raised in Canada and a Mnicoujou scout for Big Foot (Spotted Elk), was an elder here and he is buried in the Church cemetery. Sitting Bull took this path from Willow Bunch to surrender at Fort Buford. In his surrender speech, Sitting ...
Location ID: #10159654
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Lodge Pole a community on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, had a post office as early as 1899. The name comes from the distinctively tall, straight pines used for poles of Assiniboine and Gors Ventre tipis. The Lodge Pole Community Hall is ...
Location ID: #720
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Location ID: #10144760
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When the Assiniboines and Gros Ventres settled the southern end of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation among the communities they founded Hays in 1890. The town was named after a Major Hays who helped the Gros Ventres establish themselves in this ...
Location ID: #10144757
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Built in 1931 by Father Feusi and Tom Flack, a German stone carver. Another Gothic style building, reflecting a church from Feusi’s native Switzerland, in honor of the Virgin Mary. Inside is a hand-carved statue of Mary, an exact copy of the ...
Location ID: #10144734
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Built in 1898, this Gothic style building replaced earlier log buildings used by the Jesuits as they worked with Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Indians, who owned the reservation, to establish the community of Hays.
When the Jesuits arrived in this ...