Montana
Christianity Comes to the Flathead Indians
During the 1830s, a major stir occurred among the missionary groups in North America when there were reports of the “savage” tribes from the interior […]
Montana
Grizzly Bears
While Grizzly bears were once found throughout much of the American West, today there are two primary locations where Grizzly bears are abundant: Glacier National […]
Dam Indians: A Tribal Victory!
The flag of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana was raised over a hydroelectric facility on the Flathead […]
Ancient America: Montana 6000 BCE to 3000 BCE
About 8,000 years ago (6,000 BCE), the American Indian cultures of the Northern Plains and the Columbia Plateau began undergoing a series of major changes. […]
Ancient America: Quarry Sites in Montana
One of the common ways of making stone tools throughout the world is by breaking and flaking: a process commonly called flintknapping. Tools made by […]
Ancient America: Montana Prior to 6000 BCE
While the region of North America known today as Montana entered into written Euro-American histories in the early nineteenth century with the Corps of Discovery […]
Sioux Opposition to Railroads in Montana in 1872
The westward expansion of the United States during the nineteenth century was guided by a quasi-religious philosophy of Manifest Destiny: America had been ordained by […]
Blackfoot Political Organization
When the European nations began their invasion of the Americas, they assumed that there was only one natural way for a people to be governed: […]
Blackfoot Sacred Places
By the time fur traders from the Hudson’s Bay Company first made contact with the Blackfoot tribes in 1735, their territory included much of the […]
Tribes Ask That Oil and Gas Leases be Cancelled
On Friday, Blackfeet tribal leaders in Montana sent letters to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking that all federal oil and […]