Crow reservation
The Crow Reservation is a Montana Indian reservation founded in 1868 and home to the Absarokee . It is located in the border area of Big Horn County , Yellowstone County and Treasure County in the south of the state. Its land area amounts to 9307 km², including the waters 9,340 km², which makes it either the fifth or sixth largest Indian reservation in the state, depending on whether you only consider the land area or also water areas. The administration of the reserve is in Crow Agency .
The Crow tribe in the state of Montana has a registered membership of approximately 11,000 people, 7,900 of whom reside on the Crow Reservation. 85% of them speak Crow as their mother tongue. The reservation is bordered by Wyoming to the south and the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation to the east . The reserve area includes the Bighorn Mountains , Wolf Mountains, and Pryor Mountains . The Bighorn River flows north through the reserve and receives the Little Bighorn River at Hardin . Part of the reserve's boundaries runs along the ridge line that separates the Pryor Creek and Yellowstone River basins .
Localities
- Crow Agency
- Fort Smith (partially)
- Hardin (partially)
- Lodge grass
- Pryor
- St. Xavier
- Wyola
See also
supporting documents
- ↑ Crow Reservation ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ^ Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties . Government Printing Office. 1904.
- ^ Native Americans: Crows . In: David J. Wishart (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Great Plains . University of Nebraska Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8032-4787-7 .
Coordinates: 45 ° 23 '8 " N , 107 ° 44' 48" W.