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Crow Nation

Crow Nation. Tourism. Original Crow Name. Apsaalooke Apsáalooke Apsaroke Absarokee Absaro-kee Ap-sah-loo-kah Absaroka. Crow Reservation , Montana. 10,930 enrolled members (December 2003) 7,583 live on the reservation (December 2003)

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Crow Nation

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  1. Crow Nation Tourism

  2. Original Crow Name • Apsaalooke • Apsáalooke • Apsaroke • Absarokee • Absaro-kee • Ap-sah-loo-kah • Absaroka

  3. Crow Reservation, Montana • 10,930 enrolled members (December 2003) • 7,583 live on the reservation (December 2003) • area: 3,565 square miles (9233,35 square kilometres) • language: Crow – Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock • number of Crow language speakers: 4,280 speakers (1990 census) • 7 main communities: Crow Agency, Wyola, Lodge Grass, Garryowen, St. Xavier, Fort Smith and Pryor

  4. Brief Historical Timeline • 1400 – ancestral tribe were living at present upper Great Lakes of Canada and the US • 1450 – split into 2 groups • contemporary Hidatsa – settled on the Missouri • Apsaalooke – moved to their present-day homeland in Montana and Wyoming • 1743 – the first contact with the whites • 1825 – the first treaty with the US • 1840’s – smallpox epidemics • 1850 – the first siege of Crow Tribe by Sioux • 1851 – the 1st Treaty of Fort Laramie - reservation established • 1864 – the Crows resisted the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho on East Pryor Creek • 1868 – the 2nd Treaty of Fort Laramie • June 25, 1876 – the Battle of Little Big Horn • 1903 – Annual Crow Fair established • 1905 – land cessation, Crow territory reduced • 1950’s – modern-day problems of Crow increase

  5. Sources of Tribal Income and Jobs: • Ranching and farming • Resources leases (land, sand, gravel, water, timber, coal, oil and gas) • Government services • Tourism

  6. Tourism Regions in Montana

  7. Tourism Attractions in Montana • Glacier National Park • Grant-Kohrs Ranch • Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument • Madison River Canyon Earthquake Area • Virginia City/Nevada City • Yellowstone National Park • Outdoor activities (fishing, wildlife-watching, visiting Native American sites, cross-country skiing, hunting, rock-climbing, rafting) • Events

  8. Crow Attractions and Events • Attractions • Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area and Yellowtail Dam • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument/Reno-Benteen Battlefield • Chief Plenty Coups State Park • Little Big Horn College • Apsaalooke tours • Events • Annual Crow Fair (3rd week in August) • Annual Crow Native Days (since 2002, June) • Annual Battle of the Little Big Horn Re-enactment (June 25)

  9. Projects • Crow Place Name Project - documenting Crow place names and chronicling the stories behind them • The Montana Tribal Tourism Alliance • intertribal cooperation in tourism development • Crow Tribal Tourism Office

  10. ITRR Research Findings • 84% of Crow Reservation residents feel the Crow Tribe should promote tourism • 67% enjoy meeting and interacting with tourists • 66% think there are obstacles to tourism development on the Reservation • 20% indicate that their place of employment provides a majority of their products or services to tourists or tourist businesses • the three most frequently used sources of travel information prior to visiting Montana • internet (48%) • auto clubs (26%) • travel guide books (25%)

  11. Obstacles to Tourism Development • Financing • Infrastructure • Underdeveloped supply of recreation activities • Information sources

  12. Crow Country

  13. Thank you for your attention.

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