OVERVIEW OF COMMUNITY DEFENSE OF THE LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE MODERN MINING ERA
During the last three decades of the 20th century, the Little Rocky Mountains in north-central Montana were the site of a series of physical and ideological collisions that permanently reshaped their physical form and symbolic power. Located immediately south of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, home of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine tribes, the Little Rockies once belonged to the Fort Belknap Indian Community. To many in that community, the mountains are sacred. They have been used for fasting and ceremonies for generations.
