Amskapi Pikuni: The Blackfeet People

Addendum

Addendum: Definitions of Blackfeet Reservations Lands, 1855, 1851, 1875 The extent of Blackfoot lands in the United States was defined (in 1855 “Treaty with the Blackfeet Nation,” or “Lame Bull’s Treaty,” on the Judith ) as follows: Bounded on the south by a line drawn eastward from the Hell Gate or Medicine Rock passes to the nearest source of the Musselshell River, down that river to its mouth, and down the Missouri to the mouth of Milk River; on the east by a line due north from the mouth of Milk River to the forty-ninth parallel (the Canadian border); on the north by this parallel; and on the west by the Rocky Mountains. [Ewers 1958:217] Fort Laramie Treaty, 1851: Commencing at the mouth of the Muscle-shell river, thence up the Missouri river to its source—thence along the main range of the Rocky Mountains, in a Southern direction to the head waters of the northern source of the Yellow Stone river—thence down the Yellow Stone to the mouth of Twenty five Yard Creek—thence across to the head waters of the Muscle-shell river—and thence down the Muscle-shell river to the place of beginning. [Ewers 1958:207] Extent of their lands in the United States was defined in 1875 as follows: 245 246 Addendum Commencing at a point on the Muscle-Shell River, where the same is intersected by the 47th parallel of north latitude; thence east with said parallel to the south bank of the Yellowstone River; thence down and with the south bank of said river to the south boundary of the military reservation at Fort Buford; thence west along the south boundary of said military reservation to its western boundary; thence north along said western boundary to the south bank of the Missouri River; thence up and with the south bank of said river to the mouth of the Muscle-shell River; thence up the middle of the main channel of said Muscle-Shell river to the place of beginning, be, and the same hereby is withdrawn from sale and set apart as an addition to the present reservation for the Gros Ventres, Piegan, Blood, Blackfeet, and Crow Indians. [Executive Order, U. S. Grant, in Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1877:243] ...