NYTs: Crow Reservation Relics Found

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An excerpt:

ABSAROKEE, Mont. — The bitter tale of Indian-white conflict that unfolded at this spot more than a century ago was told not in blood and battle, but in the legalese and fine print of a contract.

Now an archaeologist hired by the Montana Department of Transportation to plan for a road rebuilding project has found the physical evidence, in stones and building fragments that were until recently buried beneath shimmering waves of alfalfa just off State Highway 78.

“An Indian tribe faced the end of its traditional way of life, and it happened right here,” the archaeologist, Stephen Aaberg, said as co-workers sifted dirt through mesh screens on a recent afternoon.

For the Crow tribe, the events of March 1880, on which Mr. Aaberg has focused his research, proved devastating. That was when a draft agreement from Washington was read aloud to tribal leaders for the first time here, at a compound that served as the arm of the federal government on the reservation.

One thought on “NYTs: Crow Reservation Relics Found

  1. Looking Back Woman-Suzanne Dupree-HakiktaWin September 11, 2011 / 7:51 pm

    I would like to thank author, Matthew L.M. Fletcher for bringing this info to the forefront, much information like this rare historical find are hidden from history for fear…progress will be interupted.
    The Federal Government took the Crow Nations land, as the Federal Government will currently take rural & reservation land deemed necessary for the US Government, since President Obama signed the Executive Order several months ago allowing these lands to be seized by the Federal Giverment, & no, I did not misspell government…
    First it was Aboriginal Lands, now it is American Citizens private property &
    Indian Reservation lands, (already allotted to the tribes in land treaties by the US Gov) that are being taken….

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