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CROW TRIBE
CROW INDIAN RESERVATION
ESTABLISHED 1851. HEADQUARTERS: CROW AGENCY
406.638.3708 • www.crow-nsn.gov
NAME: Call themselves Apsáalooke," which means "Children of
the Large-Beaked Bird."
INTERESTING:
• Montana's biggest reservation
• Before small pox in the mid-1800s, tribe was more than 8000
strong
• Like the Blackfeet, Crow women could ride in battle, if rarely
• Most members speak Crow as a first language; college does
business in Crow
• Member Robert (Bill) Yellowtail headed the US Environmental
Protection Agency
LITTLE BIG HORN COLLEGE • www.lib.lbhc.edu/index.php?
LITTLE SHELL TRIBE
CHIPPEWA INDIANS
TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS: GREAT FALLS
406.315.2400 • www.montanalittleshelltribe.org
NAME: Call themselves Métifs, means "middle people or mixed
blood."
INTERESTING:
• Born of tribal women and Irish, Scotch and French immigrants
• ousands of Métifs lived near trading posts in the US and
Canada
• Tried to gain tribal recognition in Canada in 1855
• In 1904, began locating and enrolling members
• Montana gave tribe recognition in the 1980s
• Bureau of Indian Affairs gave preliminary recognition in 2000
Crow Tribal Chairman
Alvin "AJ" Not Afraid
and First Lady of the
Crow Nation, Deneen
Not Afraid - riding in the
Crow Fair parade
DONNIE
SEXTON
DONNIE
SEXTON
Crow Fair, Indian cowboys playing hacky-sack
Lee Cummins in the Crow Fair parade
KEN
BLACKBIRD
