Montana
Fort Manuel Lisa and the Indians
When the Corps of Discovery under the leadership of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis after their journey to the Pacific Ocean […]
Montana
Old Fort Benton (Photo Diary)
Fort Benton was originally established as a trading post in 1846. It traded with the Blackfoot Indians primarily for buffalo robes which were then sent […]
Montana Murders
The Territory of Montana came into existence in 1864 with the passage of the Organic Act. Section 1 of the act states: “That nothing in […]
Treeing a Town
In 1864, gold was discovered in Montana. Ignoring a treaty, the gold seekers invaded the Blackfoot country north of the Missouri River. The illegal invasion […]
Natawista, a Trader’s Wife
American Indians were involved in trade for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the European and American fur traders. Traditional Indian trade was […]
Calf Shirt’s Revenge
Gold was discovered in Montana north of the Missouri River in 1862 and this brought a flood of gold-seekers into the area who ignored the […]
Bob Scriver and the Indians (Photo Diary)
Bob Scriver (1914-1999) is among the West’s greatest sculptors. He was born on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. His forte was American Indians. As a […]
Karl Bodmer and the Indians
In 1832 Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, with young Swiss draftsman Karl Bodmer and hunter-taxidermist David Dreidoppel, embarked on a scientific expedition to study the flora, […]
American Indians at the Miracle of America Museum
The Miracle of America Museum is located in Polson, Montana which is on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The focus of the museum-if there is one-is […]
The Cypress Hills Massacre
In the 1860s and 1870s packs of non-Indians known as wolfers roamed the Northern Plains of Montana and Alberta seeking to exterminate wolves. They would […]