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The reservation was established by congressional statute on September 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 739, Sec. 10), to provide land for the Rocky Boy's Band of Chippewa Indians, who had been forced out of territory in Minnesota and were landless. The Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation is in the Bears Paw Mountains in north-central Montana.
They are federally recognized as the Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation. [1] This tribe is the southernmost Cree tribe in North America. [4] Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation is located in Hill and Chouteau counties in northeastern Montana, about 40 miles (64 km) from the Canada–United States border.
Asiniiwin, translated Rocky Boy or Stone Child, [1] was an important Ojibwe leader who was chief of a band in Montana in the late 19th century and early 20th century. His advocacy for his people helped gain the establishment of what is called Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation in his honor.
Rocky Boy's Reservation: Montana: 3,323: 171.17 (443.32) ... A state designated American Indian reservation is the land area designated by a state for state ...
In 1916 Congress authorized a reservation for the Rocky Boy's Band of Chippewa, who were landless. It became known as Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, named after the chief who had sought the reservation. A portion of the fort was ceded in 1916 for use as a reservation; the land extended in both Hill and Chouteau counties.
Today, American Cree are enrolled in the federally recognized Chippewa Cree tribe, located on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, and in minority as "Landless Cree" on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and as "Landless Cree" and "Rocky Boy Cree" on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, all in Montana.
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boys Indian Reservation (Montana) (in part); Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana (in full); Red Lake Band of Chippewa (Minnesota) (in part); Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation (Manitoba) (in full); Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (North Dakota) (in full); and
Linderman used his network of prominent whites, including other politicians and painter Charles M. Russell, to lobby Congress to set up a reservation for the Chippewa band. [12] Thanks largely to Linderman's advocacy, Congress established the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation in Montana in 1916. [7] [12] [10]