Montana
An Emerging Native Language Education Framework for Reservation Public Schools With Mixed Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Bo-yuen Ngai
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 47, no. 2, 2008, pp. 22-50
Description
Looks at the challenges of language revitalization in school districts with Native and non-Native students.
Empowering Students for Success: Colleges Share Best Practices for Keeping Students on Track
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Juan A. Avila Hernandez
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 1, The Winding Road to Student Success, Fall, 2006
Description
Discusses ways to have student retention success in tribal colleges using the Salish Kootenai College in Montana as a model.
The Empty Shawl: Honoring Native Women by Stopping the Violence Against Them
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sherri Downing
Description
Report that follows the Honoring Native Women by Stopping the Violence Against Them Conference discusses the prevalence of the violence, the issues that make law enforcement difficult, seeks solutions, and makes recommendations.
Establishing the Reliability and Validity of the Sources of Strength in One American Indian Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allyson Kelley
Clayton Small
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 2, 2016, pp. 84-92
Description
Study conducted over a two year period on members of a Montana tribe indicates greater resilience from those that attended cultural camps.
Ethnography of One Family on a 1939 Blackfeet Indian Reservation Farm Project in Montana
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald D. Pepion
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, Summer, 2013, pp. 123-140
Description
Looks at water rights and land use development and how the government tried to change the way American Indians used their land.
Evaluation of a Lay Health Adviser Training for a Community-Based Participatory Research Project in a Native American Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa M. Watts
Suzanne Christopher
Jana L. Streitz
Alma Knows His Gun McCormick
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, 2005, pp. 59-79
Description
Looks at the Messages for Health community-based research project which focuses on cervical cancer on the Apsáalooke Reservation. The objectives of the study include: decreasing screening barriers, increasing cervical cancer knowledge and increasing the proportion of young women who receive Pap tests.
The Excess of Females Among the Cree Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clark Wissler
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 22, no. 3, March 15, 1936, pp. 151-153
Description
Survey of population data for tribes occupying Northern Plains during the years 1909-1934, found greatest disparity in sex ratio existed amongst Woods Cree.
FBC Radio Program Enhances Retention Effort
Alternate Title
Fort Belknap College Radio Program Enhances Retention Effort
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 1, The Winding Road to Student Success, Fall, 2006
Description
Discusses a student retention program, developed by the Fort Belknap College in Montana, that uses a radio program as one mechanism to encourage students to stay in school.
A Feasibility Evaluation of the Urban Native Youth Leaders Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allyson Kelley
Bethany Fatupaito
Morgan Witzel
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 21-37
Description
Describes a mixed-methods evaluation of a culturally grounded program for urban Indigenous (American Indian) youth. Results demonstrate that the project was feasible, and the team makes recommendations for future project based on what was learned.
Firing Up White Clay
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kurt Umbhau
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, K-12 Education, Winter, 2009
Description
Describes the White Clay Language Immersion School in Harlem, Montana and its mandate to preserve the nearly lost language of A'ani.
The First Contingent: The North-West Mounted Police, 1873-74
Alternate Title
Canadian Historic Sites. Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History ; no. 21
The Dawson Daily News: Journalism in the Klondike
Whiskey, Horses and Death: The Cypress Hills Massacre and Its Sequel
Whisky, Horses and Death: The Cypress Hills Massacre and Its Sequel
E-Books
Author/Creator
Philip Goldring
Edward F. Bush
The Fishing Trip
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephanie A. Fisher
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Celebrating Tribal College Journals 20th Anniversary, Fall, 2009, pp. 42-43
Description
Presents a short story titled, The Fishing Trip, written by a student of the Blackfeet Community College in Browning, Montana.
Follow the Drum
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Sexsmith
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 3, June 2003, p. Suppl.3
Description
Highlights Gerald Okanee, lead singer of Saskatchewan's Big Bear Singers, who shares his knowledge about the drum and how the beat pits the powwow dancer's style against that of the the drummer's, sometimes "bucking off" the dancer.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.19.
For Future Generations: Funding Culturally Embedded Higher Education at Tribal Colleges and Universities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tanksi Clairmont
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 3, Preserving and Protecting Knowledge, Spring, 2014
Description
Discusses how the Cultural Preservation Endowment Program supports multiple cultural revitalization projects to preserve language, history, art, music, and dance.
Forced to Abandon Their Farms: Water Deprivation and Starvation among the Gila River Pima, 1892–1904
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David H. DeJong
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 29-56
Description
Examines the National Reclamation Act and how many people in the Gila River and Casa Grande valleys, including government officials, thought that the first reclamation project would be built in Arizona.
Forging the Future
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 2, Workforce Development, Winter, 2014
Description
Discusses how tribal colleges and universities are initiating new innovative apprenticeship and workforce training programs.
The Forgotten Minority: An Analysis of American Indian Employment Patterns in State and Local Governments, 1991-2005
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie H. Hunt
Brinck Kerr
Linda K. Ketcher
Jennifer Murphy
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 409-434
Description
Looks at six states with the largest percentage of American Indian populations and analyzes if a proportional representation of American Indians hold desirable positions in state and local governments.
Fort Belknap Earns 10 Years of Accreditation
Alternate Title
Fort Belknap Earns Ten Years of Accreditation
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
Description
Reports the affirmation for accreditation awarded to Fort Belknap College, in July 2008, by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).
Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1927-1928
E-Books
Author/Creator
H. W. Dorsey
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief Clerk by H. W. Dorsey
The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus by James A. Teit, edited by Franz Boas
Tattooing and Face and Body Painting of the Thompson Indians, British Columbia by James A. Teit, edited by Franz Boas
Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia by Elsie Viault Steedman
The Osage Tribe: Rite of the Wa-xo'-be by Francis La Flesche
Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1928-1929
E-Books
Author/Creator
M. W. Stirling
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by M. W. Stirling
Anthropological Survey in Alaska by Aleš Hrdlička
Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri by Edwin Thompson Denig, edited by J. N. B. Hewitt
From Dog Days to Horse Warriors: Montana's People, 1700-1820
Alternate Title
Montana: Stories of the Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Krys Holmes
Description
Discusses the lifeways of Indigenous peoples of Montana just prior to contact and the impact that Europeans had on them.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
Gros Ventre Myths and Tales
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.1 pt.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
A. L. Kroeber
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.1 (p.55-139).
Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Community: The Aaniiih Nakoda College Demonstration Garden and Greenhouse Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Manuel Morales
Scott Friskics
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 3, The Community Garden, Spring, 2 17, 2019, p. [?]
Description
Describes how the project uses a variety of outreach and community education programs to promote healthier lifestyles, sustainability, and self-sufficiency among reservation residents. The demonstration garden allows community members to learn about gardening, and food preparation and preservation in a direct, hands-on way.
Guide to Documents Relating to American Indians in Montana Identified and Collected by the Natives of Montana Archival Project (NOMAP) from Repositories in the National Archives and Records Administration, Smithsonian Institution & Library of Congress, 2008-10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen Cryer
Miranda McCarvel
Carole Meyers
Wilena Old Person
Glen Still Smoking ... [et al.]
Description
Guide distinguished between records held at the Mansfield Library, those digitized and online and those located solely in the archival repositories in Washington, DC.
The Hard Work of Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edwin Jones
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 4, Investing in Education, Empowering Tribal Communities, Summer, 2012
Description
Comments on the importance of staying in school and receiving an education.
Hearing Native Voices: Analyzing Differing Tribal Perspectives in the Oratory of Sitting Bull and Plenty Coups
Alternate Title
Hearing Native Voices: IEFA Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Derek Strahn]
Description
Developed for Grades 7 and 8. Students compare and contrast the two leaders' responses to the events of the late nineteenth century; one confrontational, the other conciliatory. Designed to supplement material found in Chapter 7 of Montana: Stories of the Land.
High-School Dropout Among Native Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theodore Coladarci
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 23, no. 1, October 1983, pp. [15-22]
Description
Study interviews 224 students in Montana to determine factors leading to their decision to drop out.
History in "Winter in the Blood": Backgrounds and Bibliography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. Lavonne Ruoff
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 169-172
Description
An examination of the Blackfeet's migration to Montana and through the interactions between the Blackfeet and Cree characters in James Welch's Winter in the Blood.