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RESERVATIONS AND TRIBES OF MONTANA
AND WYOMING

Montana's Indian population today includes representatives of more than a
dozen blood groups.
About 20,000 still live on or near the State's seven reservations, which
total more than 5 million acres. In addition to these trust lands,
another 125,000 acres of federally owned land are
 used.

Reservation	Principal Tribe	Population 1	Land area ( acres )	Tribal Governing Body
MONTANA Blackfeet	Blackfeet	5,800	901,939	Business Council of 9 elected members
Crow	Crow	3,500	1,567,348	General Council — one vote per tribal member
Flathead	Salish and Kootenai	2,900	617,553	Confederated Council of 10 elected members
Fort Belknap	Gros Ventre and Assiniboine	2,100	595,660	Elected Council of 6 Gros Ventre and 6 Assini-boines
Fort Peck Northern Cheyenne Rocky Boy's	Sioux and Assiniboine Northern Cheyenne Chippewa and Cree	3,100 2,100 900	889,255 433,273 107,612	Elected Executive Board of 12 members, plus chairman, vice chairman and sergeant at arms Ten-member, elected, council headed by President elected at large Business Committee of 9 elected members
WYOMING Wind River	Shoshone (1,500) Arapahoe (2,200)	3,700	1,886,670	Business Council for each tribe of 6 elected members.2

• ¹ Indians residing in the reservation area.
• ² The two councils meet jointly to decide matters of mutual interest.
    Also, major decisions are reserved for action by general council.