Montana
The Fur Trade in Northwest Montana, 1807-1835
The Indian nations living west of the Rocky Mountains in what would become northwestern Montana, started to become a part of the European economic system […]
Montana
The Indian nations living west of the Rocky Mountains in what would become northwestern Montana, started to become a part of the European economic system […]
For the Plains Indians, the buffalo (technically bison) was more than an important source of food, shelter, and clothing: the buffalo was also an important […]
In 1966, Richard Hugo was teaching a poetry class at the University of Montana. One of his students was James Welch who had been born […]
When the United States divided Oregon Territory into Washington Territory and Oregon Territory in 1853, western Montana was included in Washington Territory. President Millard Fillmore […]
The Flathead Indian Reservation in Western Montana was created in 1855 as a result of the Hell Gate Treaty Council with the Salish-speaking Pend d’Oreilles, […]
One of the differences between Native Americans and the Europeans who invaded this continent is the view of land ownership. Europeans viewed land as something […]
We don’t really know how many Native American languages were spoken in what is the United States and Canada when the Europeans began their invasion. […]
In has been well documented that American Indians, particularly those living on reservations, have the lowest levels of education in the country. On Indian reservations, […]
In 1924, Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act which gave citizenship—the right to vote and to be elected to public office—to all American Indians. Exercising […]
American history is filled with accounts of Indians being massacred by the U.S. Army, by American civilians, and others. Some of these “incidents” are well-known […]