Montana
"They Made Themselves Our Guests": Power Relationships in the Interior Plateau Region of the Cordillera in the Fur Trade Era
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Thomson
Marianne Ignace
BC Studies, no. 146, Summer, 2005, pp. 3-[?]
Description
Concentrates on the complex relationship between fur traders and the Salish nations residing in the Columbia and Fraser River valleys.
"This Is My Reservation; I Belong Here": Salish and Kootenai Battle Termination with Self-Determination, 1953-1999
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaakko Puisto
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 1-23
Description
Discusses the tribal reaction to U.S. government termination policies, as somewhat polarized on and off-reservation, and the efforts to take control of their own affairs.
Tradition, Design, Color: Plateau Indian Beaded Bags from the Fred Mitchell Collection: A Temporary Exhibit of the Montana Historical Society
Alternate Title
A Beautiful Tradition: Ingenuity and Adaptation in a Century of Plateau Women's Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bill Mercer
Montana Historical Society
Description
Exhibition catalogue.
Educational materials for Grades 4 and 5: PowerPoint; Lesson Plan, PowerPoint Script; Worksheet.
Traditional Foods in Native America: A Compendium of Traditional Foods Stories from American Indian and Alaska Native Communities. Part III
Alternate Title
Traditional Food Stories
Traditional Foods in Native America: A Compendium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Wesner
Native Diabetes Wellness Program
Description
Looks at nine programs with innovative approaches to promoting traditional foods and the promising practices which were developed.
Tribal History Connects Spirit and Place
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matt Herman
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007
Description
States that in Montana teachers are obligated to teach American Indigenous history and so in response to a need the Stone Child College has created the Rocky Boy Tribal History Project which will allow the people of the past to tell their own story.
Two Worlds Collide, 1850-1887
Alternate Title
Montana: Stories of the Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Krys Holmes
Description
Discusses the US government's wanted treaties in order to gain control of land, the treaties signed within Montana, tribal strategies for survival, and clashes between government troops and Indigenous warriors.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
An Unbroken Chain of Injustice: The Dawes Act, Native
American Trusts, and Cobell v. Salazar
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Armen H. Merjian
Gonzaga Law Review, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 609-658
Description
Discussion on the injustice of the federal government's actions regarding Indian land rights and the class action lawsuit regarding the federal government’s failure to fulfill its fiduciary duty for assets held in trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Understanding Elementary Teachers' Use of Science Teaching Time: Lessons From the Big Sky Science Partnership
Articles » General
Author/Creator
R. Jones
E. Swanson
Journal of Mathematics and Science, vol. 11, Spring, 2009, pp. 163-192
Description
Looks at how much time the partnership teachers had to teach science, how the time was used and influences on teachers' decisions for allocating their time.
A Unique Partnership for Health Promotion in Native Communities: Salish Kootenai College and University of Arizona
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita Dupuis
Cheryl Ritenbaugh
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 217-234
Description
Looks at the design of the Traditional Living Challenge model, ways to implement the challenge and modifications to the challenge.
Uno Native Film Festival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brady DeSanti
Michele M. Desmarais
Beth R. Ritter
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
Description
Film reviews of:
40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall.
The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver.
Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer.
Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork.
Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith.
Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.
Untranslatable Timescapes in James Welch’s Fools Crow and the Deconstruction of Settler Time
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doro Wiese
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 56-75
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author suggests that Welch’s use of Indigenous understandings of time as a narrative device in the novel Fools Crow works to both dismantle Western histories and to disrupt the mainstream perception of Western ontologies as universal and self-evident.
Upstream Suicide Prevention Methodology for Schools Through the Hidden Power of Social Networks
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tim Andersen
Description
Author comments on attending 3 learning experiences in North America and the information he gained from each one.
"A Winston Churchill Memorial Trust funded learning experience to Canada and the United States, June 2015".
Uranium Activities' Impacts on Lakota Territory
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lilian Jones Jarding
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2011 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2011, pp. 1-21
Description
Comments on the destruction made by exploration, mining, milling and the contamination to water, soil, plants, animals and people.
"We Were Very Afraid": The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Politics, Identity, and the Perception of Termination, 1971-2003
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaakko Puisto
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, 2009, pp. 45-66
Description
Study shows that the Salish and Kootenai tribal members have the perception that termination still exists despite its demise.
Western Education Meets Native Westerners
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Arthur H. DeRosier
Victoria Brown Cech
National Forum, vol. 71, no. 2, Spring, 1991, p. 7
Description
Brief general discussion of Montana's American Indian enrolment statistics, problems encountered when tribal colleges apply for accreditation and a cooperative effort by three institutions to ease the transition from tribal colleges to four-year institutions.
The Western Metis after the Insurrection
Alternate Title
The Western Métis after the Insurrection
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marcel Giraud
Saskatchewan History, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1956, pp. 1-15
Description
Traces the migration of many Métis to the United States following the Northwest Resistance and their economic marginalization on both sides of the boarder; examines questions of Indian title, treaty-making and the scrip program.
Chapter from Métis Settlement in the North-West Territories.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
Zuya Wicayuonihan = Honoring Warrior Women: A Study on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in States Impacted by the Keystone XL Pipeline
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sovereign Bodies Institute
Brave Heart Society
Description
Looks at historical and current data for the Dakotas, Montana, and Nebraska; of the 411 cases examined, 69% have occurred since 2000 and from 2017 through 2019 30-40 cases have been reported annually.