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Montana Indian Tribes
in the 1890 Census
Total Indian Population As Of June 1, 1890
Total 11,206
Reservation Indians, not taxed (not counted in the general census) 10,336
Indians in prisons, not otherwise enumerated 10
Indians on reservations, self-supporting and taxed (counted in the general census) 860
The results of the special Indian census to be added to the general census. 10,765
Reservation Indians, not taxed 10,330
Indians in prison, not otherwise enumerated 10
Other persons with Indians, not otherwise enumerated 419
The civilized (self-supporting) Indians of Montana, counted in the general
census, number 860 (456 males and 404 females), and are distributed as follows:
Cascade County, 20; Choteau County, 190; Custer County, 159; Dawson County, 56;
Deerlodge County, 21; Fergus County, 88; Lewis and Clarke County, 121; Meagher
County, 14; Missoula County, 165; other counties (11 or less in each), 26.
The citizen Indians of Montana have no special history that is not included in
the statement that they have left tribal relations and adopted the life of the
whites.
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Montana Indian Agencies
- Blackfeet Agency
- Crow Agency
- Flathead Agency
- Fort Belknap Agency
- Fort Peck Agency
- Tongue River Agency
- Indians in Montana, 1890
Notes About Book:
Source: Report on Indians Taxed and Indians not Taxed in the United States, Except Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890, Department of the Interior, Government Printing Office, Washington DC., 1894
A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States on Indian Affairs, by Rev. Jedidiah Morse, 1822, Printed by S. Converse
Notes about Online Publication: This manuscript has been ocr'd and heavily edited. Many of the Native American words have been reproduced as clearly as online publication will allow us, but not all are exactly the way they were in the original work. The structure of this manuscript has been changed to allow better online presentation.
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