Assiniboin People

Linguist group: Siouan

Originally part of the Yanktonnai tribe of Dakota Indians, separated in early 1700's and settled in area between the Saskatchewan and Missouri rivers

Reservations
The major residence of the Assiniboin(e) Tribe is on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana.

Montana: Fort Belknap and Fort Peck

Sourthen Alberta and Sadkatchewan, Canada

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Assiniboin tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America and in David Bushnell's Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi.

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Important Web Sites

 * Constitution of the Fort Peck Tribes, Assiniboine, Sioux