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In the name of the Salish & Kootenai nation : the 1855 Hell Gate Treaty and the origin of the Flathead Indian Reservation / edited by Robert Bigart and Clarence Woodcock.

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In the name of the Salish & Kootenai nation : the 1855 Hell Gate Treaty and the origin of the Flathead Indian Reservation / edited by Robert Bigart and Clarence Woodcock.
Publication
Pablo, Mont. : Salish Kootenai College Press ; Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, c1996.

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  • Bigart, Robert
  • Woodcock, Clarence.
Description
164 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.
Summary
On July 16, 1855, eighteen leaders of the Flathead, Kootenai, and Upper Pend d'Oreilles Indians signed an agreement with the United States government, ceding their title to almost all of the land in Western Montana and establishing the Flathead Indian Reservation. Born of confusion and disagreement, the Hell Gate Treaty is the legal basis for the modern relationship between the tribes and the federal government. In the Name of the Salish & Kootenai Nation reproduces the complete text of the Hell Gate Treaty and collects previously published documents relating to the treaty, among them the official proceedings of the treaty council, Gustavus Sohon's portraits of many of the treaty signers, and letters from the Jesuit priest Adrian Hoecken, who was present at the treaty deliberations. These documents are presented in the hope that they will inspire further questions and research.
Subject
  • Confederated Tribes of the Flathead, Kootenay, and Upper Pend d'Oreilles Indians. United States, 1855 July 16
  • Kootenai Indians > Government relations
  • Kootenai Indians > Land tenure
  • Kootenai Indians > Treaties
  • Salish Indians > Treaties
  • Salish Indians > Land tenure
  • Salish Indians > Government relations
  • Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana > History
  • Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.) > History
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Treaties
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Message from the Kootenai Culture Committee -- Treaty with the Flatheads, Etc., 1855 -- Official Proceedings of the Hell Gate Treaty Council notes / Albert J. Partoll -- Gustavus Sohon's Portraits of Flathead and Pend d'Oreille Indians, 1854 / John C. Ewers -- A Jesuit at the Hell Gate Treaty of 1855 / Robert Ignatius Burns -- Postscript: Implementing the Hell Gate Treaty.
ISBN
0295975458 (paper : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^96004730^
OCLC
34322849
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library