We have an ancient event to very carefully investigate. A part of the Fort Shaw Miltary Reservation was set aside on April 25, 1892 to be an Indian school. Originally the military fort covered 29,843 acres. In 1892, 4,999 acres of the military fort was set aside to be the Indian school. In 1904, the United States ratified the infamous 1892 10 cent an acre treaty (it was really the 1887 Sweet Grass Hills Treaty) then broke treaty promises and eradicated the new Montana Chippewa Reservations they set aside in 1892. They commenced to negotiate with ogima Rocky Boy in 1902 about eradicating the Montana Chippewa Reservations. Ogima Rocky Boy reached an agreement with the United States in 1904 in which the new Chippewa Reservations in Montana were eradicated. He would be assassinated for his actions. Per ogima Rocky Boy's treaty demands, the United States agreed to set aside the entire Fort Shaw Military Reservation as a new Chippewa Reservation. The location was close to Great Falls which was the first location in what is now Montana, the Chippewa's commenced to build settlements. That may have been 1,300 years ago. In the 1880s, there was a settlement a few miles southwest of Great Falls named Garrison. It was very near Ulm and St. Peters Mission.
On July 6, 1905 the Fort Shaw Indian Reservation School was supposedly enlarged from the 4,999 acres originally set aside in 1892, to 9,363 acres. July 6, 1905 is when the Fort Shaw Chippewa Reservation was established. Supposedly the remainder of the military fort (20,479 acres) was found useless and brought under the control of the Secretary of the Interior. The date (1905) coincides with the plight the Montana Chippewa's were going through including a near war in the 1907-1909 time period. The whites could not wait to eradicate this 29,843 acre Chippewa Reservation. They eradicated the Fort Shaw Chippewa Reservation on June 30, 1910. The United States possibly gathered as many of the Chippewa's and their children on the Fort Shaw Chippewa Reservation in November of 1909, and relocated them to the Blackfeet Reservation. Many others moved to the Chippewa Reservation near Great Falls (Hill 57 or Mount Royal) to live. Below are several maps of the Fort Shaw Chippewa Reservation. The first three are from 1903, 1907, and 1909. The last three are from 1914, 1916, and 1921 for some reason.
Demographics of the Fort Shaw Chippewa Reservation
Covers 29,843 acres.