Assiniboin (Chippewa:
ŭ'sini, stone'
ŭ'pwäwa 'he cooks by roasting': 'one who cooks by the
use of stones.'-W. J.).
A large Siouan tribe, originally constituting a part of
the Yanktonai. Their separation from the parent stem, to judge by the
slight dialectal difference in the language, could not have greatly
preceded the appearance of the whites, but it must have taken place before
1640, as the Jesuit Relation for that year mentions the Assiniboin as
distinct. The Relation of 1658 places them in the vicinity of Lake
Alimibeg, between Lake Superior and Hudson bay. On Jefferys' map of 1762
this name is applied to Lake Nipigon, and on De l'Isle's map of 1703 to
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The Fort Belknap
Indian ReservationFort Belknap Indian Reservation is
homeland to the Gros Ventre and the Assiniboine Tribes. Fort
Belknap Indian Reservation is located forty miles south of the
Canadian border and twenty miles north of the Missouri River,
which is the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Fort
Belknap Indian Reservation is the forth largest Indian
reservation in Montana.
(hosted at
Fort Belknap
Indian Community)
Montana-Wyoming
Tribal Leaders Council The Fort Peck Reservation is home
to two separate Indian Nations, each composed of numerous bands
and divisions. The Sioux division of the Sisseton/Wahpetons, the
Yantonais, and the Teton Hunkpapa are all represented. The
Assiniboine bands of Canoe Paddler and Red Bottom are
represented. There reservation is located in the extreme
northeast corner of Montana, on the north side of the Missouri
River.
Assiniboin. In early days the Assiniboin were constantly
coming across from Canada to fight and trade with the tribes of
the upper Missouri, but they did not settle within the limits of
North Dakota for any considerable period. (See
Montana, and also
Dakota under South Dakota.)
(hosted at
Native American
Genealogy)
Census Rolls available through
NARA
(National Archives and Records Administration)
126
Fort Belknap (Grosventre and
Assiniboin Indians)
1885-95
127
1896-1908
128
1909, 1911-20
129
1921-29
130
1930-35
131
1936-39
151
Fort Peck (Sioux and Assiniboin
Indians)
1885-96
152
1897-1905
153
1906-12
154
1913-19
155
1920-25
156
1926-29
157
1930-31
158
1932-33
159
1934-36
160
1937-39
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