Item: Plats to Accompany Schedules of Allotments on the Crow Indian Reservation, 1923
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Finding Aid Title: Plats to Accompany Schedules of Allotments on the Crow Indian Reservation, 1923
Finding Aid Collection Number: 2139
Date Range of Collection: 1923
Creator of Materials: United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Crow Indian Agency
Content Description: Historical Note: The Dawes Act, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide the land into allotments for individual Indians. In Montana, the Crow Act of 1920 implemented provisions of the Dawes Act by authorizing the compilation of a "complete roll of the Crow Tribe" to determine the distribution of allotments. In 1923, in connection with this work, a series of township maps were created by special allotting agents John K. Rankin and Charles E. Roblin, working with draftsman L. C. Rennick. These men performed the work under the general supervision of Charles H. Asbury, the Bureau of Indian Affairs Superintendent of the Crow Reservation Content Description Note: The Plats to accompany schedules of allotments on the Crow Indian Reservation consist of a series of blueline prints of individual townships which make up the reservation area. The bound maps are arranged by township number first ( 1 through 9 South) and thereafter by range number (27 through 38 East of the Principal Meridian). Specific holdings are identified by hatch marks or bold lines along the parcel boundaries with the name of the owner printed within. All Crow family names have been rendered in English.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv89657
Keywords: crow indian, montana, land tenure
Subjects: Montana and Histories of the American West Native Americans
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