Jocko Indian Reservation (Montana)

The Jocko Reservation was the original name of the Flathead Indian Reservation, a federally-recognized reservation, located north of Interstate 90 between Missoula and Kalispell. It is mostly in Lake County, with small portions in Flathead, Missoula, and Sanders Counties.


 * Established -- 1855
 * Agency (BIA) -- Flathead Indian Agency
 * Principal tribes -- Bitter Root Salish, Carlos band, Kootenai, Lower Kalispel, Pend d'Oreille, and Salish
 * Population --

History
The Flathead Reservation Historical Society has compiled a time line of historical events, which lists important happenings from pre-contact to the year 2000.

The Jocko Reservation was established by Treaty of July 16, 1855.

Under acts of Apr. 23, 1904, Feb. 8, 1887, and Feb. 28,1891, 2,378 Indians have been allotted 220, 950.12 acres, and under act of Apr. 23, 1904, 2,524.70 acres have been reserved for tribal uses, and under act of Apr. 23, 1904, as amended by act of Mar. 3, 1905, 6,774.92 acres have been reserved for agency purposes, 4,977 acres for water power, etc., and 431.62 for town-site purposes, and 69,760 acres (approximately) were granted by the act of Apr. 23, 1904, to the State of Montana for school purposes, aggregating 305,418.36 acres.

Its area in 1908 was 1,128,182 acres.

Records
Many of the records of individual Indians living on the Jocko Reservation were kept by the Flathead Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, located in Pablo, Montana. Others are kept by the Tribal Office.