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The Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Assiniboine: húdam wįcášta, [3] Dakota: Waxchį́ca oyáte[4]) is located near Fort Peck, Montana, in the northeast part of the state. It is the home of several federally recognized bands of Assiniboine, Lakota, and Dakota peoples of Native Americans. With a total land area of 2,094,000 acres (8,470 km 2 ...
The most inland point in North America is located within the reservation, near the town of Allen, and is 1,650 km (1,030 mi) from the nearest coastline. Bennett County and Oglala Lakota County make up much of the reservation. [142] [143] The reservation takes up the southern portion of Jackson County. [144] A small portion is in Sheridan County ...
Wolf Point is a city in and the county seat of Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. [2] The population was 2,517 at the 2020 census, down 4% from 2,621 in the 2010 Census. [3] It is the largest community on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Wolf Point is the home of the annual Wild Horse Stampede, held every year during the second weekend ...
Not a federally recognized reservation but is a pueblo built on land given to the Piro/Manso/Tiwa tribe in 1852. Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation around 2,000 population Ute: Wʉgama Núuchi — — San Juan: Reservation is primarily located in Colorado (La Plata, Montezuma). Zia Pueblo: Zia: Tsi'ya 737 121,613 Sandoval: Zuni Indian ...
Poplar, Montana. Poplar is a city in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. The population was 758 at the 2020 census. [2] It is the tribal headquarters for the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, though Wolf Point is the most populous. [3] The reservation is home to both the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, two distinct American Indian Nations.
There are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States. [ 1 ] Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos.
Wolf Haven International, previously known as Wolf Country and Wolf Haven America, is a wolf sanctuary and 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Tenino, Washington. Founded in 1982 by Steve and Linda Kuntz, the organization provides educational programs on wolves, engages in wolf-related activism , and operates as a sanctuary for ...
The tribe has about 6800 members with approximately 4,000 tribal members living on the Flathead Reservation as of 2013, and 2,800 tribal members living off the reservation. Their predominant religion is Roman Catholicism. 1,100 Native Americans from other tribes and more than 10,000 non-Native Americans also live on the reservation.