This portion is
ideal cattle range, gently rolling to the east and gradually rougher as it
nears the mountains. The eastern portion is more of a short grass type, of
sparser vegetation, a more level flat country and not as well watered as the
western half. Cattle and sheep do well on it, however, putting on more hard
lasting fat than do animals grazed on the more rank washy forage of the
foothill country.
STATISTICAL
REPORT-1929
Blackfeet Allotted Lands-Total Trust Allotments Acres-1,440,000
Blackfeet Allotted Agricultural-26,311.24 acres
Blackfeet Allotted Grazing Lands-1,128,265.16 acres
Tribal Trust Lands-Total Tribal Trust Acres-52,042.44 Acres
Tribal Agricultural-1,991.37 acres
Tribal Grazing-Timber-50,051.07 acres
Grazing- [whites]-285,423.60 acres
Total Reservation Acreage-1,492,042.44 Acres
Number of Allotments-3,600
Area of each Allotment-400 Acres
The tribal land classified above as
agricultural land consists of the three tribal reserves for reservoir sites,
namely, Guardipee Lake , Four
Horns Lake ,
and Two Medicine Reservoir. The balance of tribal land consists of the narrow
and irregular timber reserve on the higher slopes and foothills along the
western edge of the reservation.
The entire remainder of the
reservation, consisting of 1,440,000 acres was allotted under Departmental
instructions, to 3,600 Blackfeet Indians enrolled at this agency; the last
allotments being approved in 1922. The allotments were made under a plan
whereby each allottee was to receive forty acres of agricultural land and 280
acres of grazing land. It was then found that there was sufficient grazing land
yet remaining to apportion each allottee an additional 80 acres. This
additional eighty was granted to each Indian in the form of an Indian
homestead.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.142
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.142
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