Challenges Facing the Gros Ventre Tribe: A Call for Support and Action, 1971-11-11

Item — Box: 67, Folder: 20

Identifier: CAC_CC_009_2_67_20_0001

Staff Only

The text provides information about the living conditions and economic challenges faced by the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes in the Hays and Lodge Pole areas of the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana. It discusses issues such as low incomes, reliance on welfare assistance, limited access to supplies and transportation, and limited educational and employment opportunities. It also mentions that some Gros Ventre families have left the reservation for economic reasons and are slightly better off economically off the reservation. The text concludes with a request for favorable consideration of bills to address the challenges faced by these tribes.