Montana Cultural Groups

United States   Montana    Montana Minorities

Records and histories of minorities and ethnic groups may provide clues to immigrant origins, migration information, and previous research. Research on minorities for the most part consists of consulting the same types of records for non-minorities.

The purpose of this section is to identify a few of those sources that influence minority research in Montana. See the United States Minorities article for sources and suggestions for searching minorities.

Montana Ethnic Groups
The following ethnic groups are found in Montana:


 * Basque
 * African Americans

Thompson, Lucille Smith and Alma Smith Jacobs. The Negro In Montana, 1800-1945: A selective Bibliography / - Helena : Montana State Library, 1970. - 23 p. Z1361,B39 T53


 * Africans
 * Chinese
 * Danes
 * Finns
 * Germans
 * Hispanic Americans
 * Mexicans
 * Indians of North America
 * Japanese
 * Irish
 * Norwegians
 * Russians
 * Swedes