Gros Ventre Tribe

Ancestral homeland: lived on the Milk River branch of the Missouri River in northern Montana, they also migrated into Saskatchewan

Brief Timeline
mid-1800: Fought with Crow to defeat the Blackfeet; who were once their allies.

1867: suffered a major deteat

1888: placed on the Fort Belknap Reservation in northern Montana.

Reservations
Fort Belknap Reservation

Records
Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Vital Records


 * Fort Belknap, M595, birth and deaths, early - 1935, FHL Film: 576485 and births and deaths 1936-1939 FHL Film: 576486
 * Fort Berthold, M595, births and deaths, 1926-1932 FHL Film: 576490 and births and deaths,1936-1939 FHL film: 576491

Important Web Sites

 * Gros Ventres Tribe WikipediA