Aspen Hill Adventures: It appears the Assiniboine Indians in fact inhabit TWO reservations in Montana!
I will quote from the Ft. Peck Indian Reservation's web site's first paragraphs:

"The history begins in 1851 at Fort Laramie in Wyoming where the tribes of the Montana and Dakota Territories treated with the United States. Out of this "General Council" territories were assigned and the Assiniboines claimed lands SOUTH of the Missouri River. The Sioux territory comprised most of the Dakota Territory (present day North and South Dakota). In 1855, the Blackfoot Indians were assigned a territory NORTH of the Missouri River which extended east from the Rocky Mountains to an area that would become the western boundaries of the Fort Peck Reservation. Later the Sioux Indians began a migration into Montana Territory as political exiles from the Minnesota wars of 1862 and other bands moved into the area which was prime buffalo country.

Meanwhile the Sioux Indians signed another treaty in 1868 creating the "greater Sioux Reservation" in the Dakotas. The treaty included unceded territory which adjoined Assiniboine territory on it's western boundary. It was conflict over 1851 treaty violations, and the discovery of gold in the Black Hills that precipitated the wars surrounding the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.

The Fort Peck Reservation was created in the aftermath of those wars. For the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes it was the beginning of a new history and life but one they did not choose. In 1886 at the Fort Peck Agency in Poplar and in Wolf Point, Montana, the Sioux and the Assiniboine Tribes exercised their sovereign powers and agreed with the United States government to the creation of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Fort Belknap and Blackfoot reservations were created at the same time. Together, the tribes ceded some 20 million acres of land to the United States. The Fort Peck Reservation lands of two million acres were retained by the Assiniboine and Sioux located there. In 1888 the Congress of the United States ratified the agreement, concluding three years of negotiations. For Montana it was the last step in the opening of the west, for the Great Northern railroad to come through in 1889, and statehood".

Ann - do you know in fact that the Ft. Peck
Indian Reservation IS where JJ_Miller harvested his fine trophy?

Thanks in advance for any information.

Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Yes, we were near Ft. Peck..................JJ

Varmint Guy,

Yep, I'm sure!

quote:

Originally posted by Kamo Gari:
In that second picture, is that a herd of bison just beyond your right shoulder? Geez, skittish, ain't they? They ran damn near 200 yards after you popped your guy...JK. It was a fenced pasture type deal, I assume?

Oh Kamo, can't leave it alone, can you?

Frans

Thanks all for the clarification.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Dang JJ. Not too bad for a handgun hunter!

if you don't mind me asking, what is a hunt on that particular Rez going for. I've been doing a bit or digging for a bison hunt in MT and from the looks of it, your hunt is exactly what I've been wanting to do.

BTW, great bull and congrats!!

VarmintGuy
Thanks for the information. I had been wondering also.
Herb

Hi Guys.

Thanks for the kind comments.

I would hesitate to give a price because it goes by how big your bull is.

Mine cost 5K, but if your is bigger and we saw bigger later, or smaller, your cost will vary.

I would call Ann at Aspen Hill for details................JJ

JJ - can you tell me a bit more about your bullets? You called them " 370 gn cast WFn" Not sure what the WFN part means.

Did you buy than or do you know where I could ge the equivalent bullet for a .44 mag?

Thanks, Brent