Crow Indian Reservation

Crow Indian Reservation
Welcome sign
Welcome sign
Flag of Crow Indian Reservation
Location in Montana
Location in Montana
TribeCrow (Apsáalooke)
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountiesBig Horn
Treasure
Yellowstone
EstablishedMay 7, 1868
HeadquartersCrow Agency
Government
 • BodyCrow Tribe Executive Branch
 • ChairmanFrank White Clay
 • Vice-ChairmanLawrence de Crane
Area
 • Total3,606.54 sq mi (9,340.9 km2)
 • Land3,593.56 sq mi (9,307.3 km2)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total7,096
 • Density2.0/sq mi (0.76/km2)
GDP$1.9 Billion (2018)
Websitecrow-nsn.gov
Crow Nation landforms near Lodge Grass, Montana.
Ranch lands and prairie near Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, part of the Crow Indian Reservation, 1973

The Crow Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Crow Tribe. Established 1868,[3][4] the reservation is located in parts of Big Horn, Yellowstone, and Treasure counties in southern Montana in the United States. The Crow Tribe has an enrolled membership of approximately 11,000, of whom 7,900 reside in the reservation. 20% speak Crow as their first language.[5]

The reservation, the largest of the seven Indian reservations in Montana, is located in south-central Montana, bordered by Wyoming to the south and the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation to the east. The reservation includes the northern end of the Bighorn Mountains, Wolf Mountains, and Pryor Mountains. The Bighorn River flows north from the Montana-Wyoming state line, joining the Little Bighorn just east of Hardin. Part of the reservation boundary runs along the ridgeline separating Pryor Creek and the Yellowstone River. The city of Billings is approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the reservation boundary.

It has a land area of 3,593.56 square miles (9,307.3 km2) and a total area of 3,606.54 square miles (9,340.9 km2),[6] making it either the fifth or sixth-largest reservation in the country (alternating with the Standing Rock Reservation depending on whether water areas are counted). Reservation headquarters are in Crow Agency, Montana.

  1. ^ "Crow Tribe of Indians". Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  2. ^ 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. "My Tribal Area". United States Census Bureau.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Charles J. Kappler, ed. (1904), "Montana: Crow Reserve", Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, archived from the original on 2013-05-20, retrieved 2013-04-03
  4. ^ David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Native Americans: Crows". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
  5. ^ Aadland, Chris. "Bringing a language back to life". KTVQ. Scripps Media. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ^ Lopard, James J., Margery Hunter Brown and Richmond L. Clow: Tribal Government Today. Politics on Montana Indian Reservations. Boulder, San Francisco, & London, 1990, acres p. 57.

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