Among the eight Native American Reservations in Montana, is the large Fort Peck Indian Reservation. This Reservation does have a corrupted past. White historians claim that it is home to the Assiniboine and Sioux. The Sioux are not Dakota, Lakota, or Nakota. They are Chippewa's. It was the French who named the Chippewa's who lived along the eastern shores of Lake Superior, the Sioux. They named them the Sioux after the name of a French trading post at Sioux Ste. Marie. The English adopted the French name for the Chippewa's but used it only to refer to the western Chippewa's. Originally, what is now the Fort Peck Reservation, was a part of the huge Blackfeet Reservation which covered nearly all of northern Montana. In 1887, the United States created the filthy Dawes Act. The Fort Peck Reservation was supposedly established on May 1, 1888. It was established without Chippewa approval.
In the early 1900s (between 1902-1920) the Americans commenced to utilize the filthy Dawes Act. In the matter of a few years, most of the Fort Peck Reservation slipped into non Indian ownership. Ogimak Little Bear and Little Shell III and other high ranking Chippewa ogimak, refused to sign the 1887 Sweet Grass Hills Treaty which broke up their huge Blackfeet Reservation. Those Chippewa's who obeyed ogimak Little Bear and Little Shell III orders, were forced off Reservation rolls and the huge Blackfeet Reservation. Those who accepted the illicit treaty agreement (it is known as the 10 cent an acre treaty and was signed by 32 Chippewa's hired by the United States to sign the illicit treaty) were allotted land on the Blackfeet, Fort Belknap, and Fort Peck Reservations, and elsewhere. Those Chippewa's who obeyed ogimak Little Bear and Little Shell III, are known today as the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Fort Peck Reservation is open or not a true Reservation.
We need to save the Fort Peck Reservation. If we don't do anything to save the Fort Peck Reservation, it will end up as the Coeur d'Alene Reservation and Nez Perce Reservation of Idaho. To save the Fort Peck Reservation will require establishing new Indian settlements on the Fort Peck Reservation. We can attract Indian settlers from other nearby Reservations, to settle down on the Fort Peck Reservation. If your interested in helping to establish new Indian settlements on the Fort Peck Reservation, contact me by email.
A good way of establishing new Indian settlements on the Fort Peck Reservation is by initiating hydroponic (greenhouse farming) farming operations. It is also an excellant way of making lots of money. We need to attract as many Native Americans to participate. From 25 to 50 individuals is sufficient. If each individual applies for a small loan (from $500 to $2,000) as much as $25,000 to $100,000 can be raised to either lease land with an option to buy, or buy land to establish the new Indian settlement and farms. Of course, you can do this on your own. At the present time only Brockton and Frazer are nearly 100% Indian. Poplar and Wolf Point have very large non Indian populations, especially Wolf Point. Again we need to save the Fort Peck Reservation.
Today, the Fort Peck Reservation is very mixed. Nearly 40% of the Reservations population is white. Whites own over half (1,164,012 acres) of the Reservations 2,093,124 acres. Besides the Dakota and obvious Chippewa population, the Reservation is home to the Arikara, Crow-Hidatsa (they are the same people who are also known as the Gros Ventre which means they are also Anishinabe), and Mandan Indians as well. However, they have also been forced by the United States, to lose their tribal identies on the Fort Peck Reservation. At the present time, the population of the Fort Peck Reservation is 10,321, with most being Sioux. There are several towns on the Reservation. Below are the demographics of this Reservation. Average household size is 3.10. There is a total of 3,343 housing units with owner occupied units numbering 2,131 while renter occupied units number 1,212.
Covers over 3,289 sq. mi.
Population is 10,321
Indian: 6,391
White: 3,622
Black: 4
Asian: 64
Mixed: 235
Hispanic: 123 - Hispanic population is corrupted as usual. Mexicans are predominantly descended from the Native Americans who lived in the eastern part of the United States. The whites have forced them to lose their tribal identities.
Language is Nakota
Fort Peck Reservation Communities
Brockton Population is 245 but probably closer to 500 if average housing unit size is near 8.0. persons per housing unit.
Frazer Population is 452 but probably closer to 900 if average housing unit size is near 8.0. persons per housing unit.
Poplar Population is 911 - Poplar's real population is 2,828. I have mainly used the internet to learn the populations of Native American settlements and had to use a college related website to get the correct population of Poplar. Using google earth i counted near 800 housing units in Poplar. And since Poplar has few businesses, that means that economically the city is going through tough times. Average household size at Poplar, is probably near 4.0 persons per housing unit. Fort Peck Tribal Government Offices are located in Poplar. And the Fort Peck Community College with its dorms, are also in Poplar. If Poplars population is in fact over 2,800, it is the largest city on the Fort Peck Reservation. However, every one claims that Wolf Point is the largest city on the Fort Peck Reservation. Wolf Point has a population of over 2,600 and is predominantly white. There is obviously a conspiracy or cover-up, about the city of Poplar. So Poplar has a population of 911 with 350 housing units, and is 63% Native American and 32% white. That is not what the evidence indicates. Poplar's population is 2,828 but probably closer to 5,600 if average housing unit size is near 8.0. persons per housing unit.