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The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Gros Ventre: ’ak3ɔ́ɔyɔ́ɔ, lit. 'the fence' or ’ɔ’ɔ́ɔ́ɔ́nííítaan’ɔ, 'Gros Ventre tribe' [3]) is shared by two Native American tribes, the A'aninin (Gros Ventre) and the Nakoda (Assiniboine). The reservation covers 1,014 sq mi (2,630 km 2), and is
Fort Belknap, located near Newcastle, Texas, was established in November 1851 [3] by brevet Brigadier General William G. Belknap to protect the Texas frontier against raids by the Kiowa and Comanche. It was the northernmost fort in a line from the Rio Grande to the Red River .
In 1888, the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was established by an act of Congress on May 1, 1888 (Stat., L., XXV, 113). The Blackfoot, Gros Ventre, and Assiniboine tribes ceded a combined 17,500,000 acres of their joint reservation and agreed to live on three smaller reservations.
The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is just south of the town, across the Milk River. Like other towns along the Hi-Line, Great Northern Railway officials chose the name of a European city for this new town. In this case it was Haarlem, in the Netherlands. A. A. Cecil platted the townsite in 1889. [4]
George Horse Capture was born into the A'aninin (Gros Ventre) in a log cabin in Fort Belknap, which is located in north-central Montana, near Harlem. He was an enrolled member of the tribe. As a child, he lived with his maternal grandmother and cousins on the reservation.
The Fort Belknap reservation, home to the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) and Assiniboine (Nakoda), is in northern Montana, about 40 miles south of Canada. Poverty rates there hover around 50%, and online ...
Fort Belknap may refer to: Fort Belknap Agency, Montana Fort Belknap Indian Reservation , Indian reservation shared by the A'aninin (Gros Ventre) and the Nakoda (Assiniboine) in north-central Montana
Crow Tribe of Montana. Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of ...