Exactly how far west was the Pembina Chippewa District? Father Belcourt told Major Woods in 1849, that the Pembina Chippewa District (land) extended 400 miles from the Canadian border to northwestern Iowa, and it extended over 500 miles from east to west. It covered all of the Dakotas and extended into Montana and Wyoming. To the west of the Pembina Chippewa District, was the Little Shell Chippewa District which extended to the Pacific Ocean of California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy Reservations are within the Little Shell Chippewa District. Fort Peck Reservation is within the Pembina Chippewa District, while the eastern part of Fort Belknap Reservation is partially within the Pembina Chippewa District. Below is a web page with information about what Father Belcourt told Major Woods in 1849. ndstudies.org/resources/IndianStudies/turtlemountain/historical_move.html Father Belcourts description of the Pembina Chippewa District. What actually happened in 1916? Most of Fort Assiniboine Indian Reservation was stolen. From around 1,000 sq. mi. Rocky Boy Reservation was reduced to less than 100 sq. mi. Actually Fort Assiniboine Indian Reservation was first reduced in size in 1893 or before, from around 640,000 acres to around 200,000 acres. So in 1916, it was reduced to 56,000 acres. Most of the Rocky Boy Chippewas were sent by train to Arizona where they were officially set aside the Papago Indian Reservation in 1916-1917. Their children were sent to boarding schools where they were brainwashed by the whites. Maps from the 1880s and 1890s, show Fort Assiniboine Indian Reservation where Rocky Boy Reservation is now. That means Rocky Boy Reservation was set aside in either 1879 or in the 1880s. What happened in 1916 was the theft of most of Fort Assiniboine Indian Reservation. Below is a map of the original Rocky Boy Reservation. Turtle Mountain Chippewa Land Allotments are located all around Rocky Boy Reservation. You will have to click on the land allotment map to see exactly how far west in Montana the land allotments are. They (the land allotments) were set aside for the Chippewas who were deported out of the Little Shell Pembina Chippewas Blackfeet Reservation (aka the Turtle Mountain Reservation of Montana) in 1896 and after. The Chippewa Turtle Mountain Reservation is actually located in Montana. The so called Turtle Mountain Reservation in Rolette County, North Dakota, is probably the first incident of the Chippewas of Montana receiving land allotments. Chief Little Shell III lived in Montana. He did not live in North Dakota. He was forced to leave the vast Turtle Mountain Reservation in Montana after refusing to sign the illicit 10¢ an acre treaty. He was forced to move to the Turtle Mountain Land Allotments in Rolette County, North Dakota. Youll notice the Chippewas had many land allotments in Carter County, Montana which is located in extreme southeastern Montana. Youll also notice the Chippewas have land allotments in South Dakota. In Perkins County, South Dakota and near Philip, South Dakota. The Turtle Mountain Chippewa Land Allotments are puzzling. However, an event happened in 1906 which can be helpful. Some Utes supposedly fled the Unintah-Ouray Reservation in northeastern Utah to relocate to the Pine Ridge Reservation. Below is a link to a short pdf book about the 1906 Ute Exodus, which was really a Chippewa Exodus off of the Wind River Reservation, supposedly to South Dakota but they were captured in southeastern Montana. Some Chippewas relocated to the Uintah-Ouray Reservation of Utah. I suspect these Chippewas lived in north central and southwestern Montana and were deported to the Wind River Reservation in 1896. On August 15, 1906, the United States opened up the northern part of the Wind River Reservation to white settlement. It covered 1.5 million acres. Soon after, the Chippewas left the Wind River Reservation. On August 25, 1906, the governor of Wyoming requested for military support. In early November of 1906, the Chippewas were captured east of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Probably in what is now Carter County, Montana. They were granted a 92,000 acre Reservation within the Cheyenne River Reservation of South Dakota (to be honest, probably west of Cheyenne River Reservation) and settled down to live at the Pine Ridge Reservation (to be honest, to a small Reservation north of Pine Ridge Reservation). Read the book very carefully. Rocky Boy Reservation is linked to these events. Then another event happened in 1908 and 1909 which is linked to Rocky Boy Reservation and Fort Belknap Reservation. A 72 township (2,592 sq. mi.) Reservation was set aside for the Chippewas of western and southwestern Montana. They claim it didnt happen but i suspect Fort Belknap Reservation is the Valley County, Montana Chippewa Reservation. It was set aside for the Chippewas of Fort Peck Reservation and not for the Chippewas of southwest and western Montana. They (the Chippewas of southwest and western Montana) were relocated to the 4th Blackfeet Reservation in November of 1909 and to the Gila Bend (Papago Reservation) Reservation of Arizona. Chief Rocky Boy continued to live at the 4th Blackfeet Reservation after his brother chief Penato led an exodus off the 4th Blackfeet Reservation in 1910-1911. In 1913, chief Rocky Boy was sent to the Great Falls area to negotiate on behalf of the Chippewas who continued to live at a small Reservation located from southwest Great Falls to the cdp of Ulm. St. Peters Mission was located near Ulm. He helped to get the Chippewas of the St. Peters Mission Reservation, a Reservation adjacent to the Navajo Reservation. The 1913 Navajo Reservation land addition. After the 1913 events, chief Rocky Boy eventually moved to Fort Assiniboine Indian Reservation. In April of 1916, chief Rocky Boy died. He was 64 or 65 years of age. He was a peaceful leader who helped to keep the Montana Chippewas out of trouble. Soon after chief Rocky Boy died, Fort Assiniboine Indian Reservation was reduced from around 200,000 acres to 56,000 acres, and had its name changed to Rocky Boys Reservation. anishinabe-history/utes.pdf 1906 Chippewa Exodus anishinabe-history/reservations/valley-county.shtml Valley County, Montana Chippewa Reservation
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