| Montana First Nations |
Ashland
St. Labre Indian School & Museum
Bears Paw Mountains
Chippewa Cree Recreational Area
Box Elder
Browning
Museum of the Plains Indian
Blackfeet historic Site Tours
Lodgepole Gallery & Tipi Camp
Bigfork
Kootenai Galleries
Rieke's Bayside Gallery
Busby
Cheif Two Moons Monument
Crow Agency
Little Big Horn Battlefield
Reno-Benteen Battlefild
Little Big Horn College
Lame
Deer
Fort Belknap
Fort Peck
Assiniboine and Sioux Culture
Centre and Museum
Fort Smith
Bighorn Canyon National
Recreation Area & Yellowtail Dam
Glacier
Glacier National Park
Great Falls
Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
Russell Museum
Buffalo Jump Site
Great Falls
Harlem
Fort Belknap Information Center
Hays
Mission Canyon/Natural Bridge
Saint Pauls Mission Church
Hungary Horse
Old Goat Trading Post
Kalispell
Abbrescia Gallery
Molese
National Bison Range
Pablo
Salish Kootenai College
The Peoples Center
Tribal Fish & Game Office
Char-Koosta News
Polson
Polson bay Trading Company
KwaTaqNuk Resort
Poplar
Pryor
Chief Plenty Coup State Park
Ravalli
Jocko River Trading Post
Rocky Boy's Agency
Stone Child College
St.Ignatius
St.Ignatius Mission
Doug Allards Flathead Indian
Museum & Trading Post
Four Winds Trading Post
St. Labre Indian School & Museum
Bears Paw Mountains
Chippewa Cree Recreational Area
Box Elder
Browning
Museum of the Plains Indian
Blackfeet historic Site Tours
Lodgepole Gallery & Tipi Camp
Bigfork
Kootenai Galleries
Rieke's Bayside Gallery
Busby
Cheif Two Moons Monument
Crow Agency
Little Big Horn Battlefield
Reno-Benteen Battlefild
Little Big Horn College
Lame
Deer
Fort Belknap
Fort Peck
Assiniboine and Sioux Culture
Centre and Museum
Fort Smith
Bighorn Canyon National
Recreation Area & Yellowtail Dam
Glacier
Glacier National Park
Great Falls
Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
Russell Museum
Buffalo Jump Site
Great Falls
Harlem
Fort Belknap Information Center
Hays
Mission Canyon/Natural Bridge
Saint Pauls Mission Church
Hungary Horse
Old Goat Trading Post
Kalispell
Abbrescia Gallery
Molese
National Bison Range
Pablo
Salish Kootenai College
The Peoples Center
Tribal Fish & Game Office
Char-Koosta News
Polson
Polson bay Trading Company
KwaTaqNuk Resort
Poplar
Pryor
Chief Plenty Coup State Park
Ravalli
Jocko River Trading Post
Rocky Boy's Agency
Stone Child College
St.Ignatius
St.Ignatius Mission
Doug Allards Flathead Indian
Museum & Trading Post
Four Winds Trading Post
Montana's Indian reservations
are rich strongholds of native
American heritage. They are
places where Indian culture can
be experienced in sacred
landscapes and at annual
gatherings- where traditional
dress is worn and rituals are
performed as they have been for
hundreds of years. Remarkable
art and crafts reflect a unique
connection between Montana
Indians and the natural world.
There are seven reservations in
Montana, representing eleven
tribes. Each features a wealth of
cultural institutions such as the
Museum of the Plains Indian in
Browning, Chief Plenty Coups
State Park in Pryor, St. Labre
Indian School at Ashland, and
the Fort Peck Assiniboine and
Sioux Culture Center and
Museum ion Poplar.
are rich strongholds of native
American heritage. They are
places where Indian culture can
be experienced in sacred
landscapes and at annual
gatherings- where traditional
dress is worn and rituals are
performed as they have been for
hundreds of years. Remarkable
art and crafts reflect a unique
connection between Montana
Indians and the natural world.
There are seven reservations in
Montana, representing eleven
tribes. Each features a wealth of
cultural institutions such as the
Museum of the Plains Indian in
Browning, Chief Plenty Coups
State Park in Pryor, St. Labre
Indian School at Ashland, and
the Fort Peck Assiniboine and
Sioux Culture Center and
Museum ion Poplar.
Museum of the Plains Indian
Special events on each reservation provide insight into traditional
Indian culture. The Crow Fair Powwow,Rodeo and Race Meet is
the largest Indian celebration in Montana. Other events in the state
include the century-old Arlee Fourth of July Celebration in the
flathead Reservation's Jocko Valley, the Blackfeet Nation's North
American Indian Days east of glacier Park, the Red Bottom
Celebration at Frazer in northeast Montana, and the Northern
Cheyenne's Fourth of July Powwow in the state's southeast corner.
Historic sites abound on all seven reservations. At the national
Bison Range, on the Flathead Reservation, buffalo roam a
20,000- acre national wildlife refuge. The Little Bighorn Battlefield
National Monument, on the Crow Reservation, commemorate the
Indian victory over Custer's Seventh Calvary.
While Montana's Indians have worked hard to adjust to a
changing world around them,they have kept the rich culture and
traditions of their past. This heritage contributes immeasurably to
the cultural flavor of Montana.
Indian culture. The Crow Fair Powwow,Rodeo and Race Meet is
the largest Indian celebration in Montana. Other events in the state
include the century-old Arlee Fourth of July Celebration in the
flathead Reservation's Jocko Valley, the Blackfeet Nation's North
American Indian Days east of glacier Park, the Red Bottom
Celebration at Frazer in northeast Montana, and the Northern
Cheyenne's Fourth of July Powwow in the state's southeast corner.
Historic sites abound on all seven reservations. At the national
Bison Range, on the Flathead Reservation, buffalo roam a
20,000- acre national wildlife refuge. The Little Bighorn Battlefield
National Monument, on the Crow Reservation, commemorate the
Indian victory over Custer's Seventh Calvary.
While Montana's Indians have worked hard to adjust to a
changing world around them,they have kept the rich culture and
traditions of their past. This heritage contributes immeasurably to
the cultural flavor of Montana.
Log Studio of Charles Russell
Charles Fritz “An Artist with the Corps of
Discovery” is a special exhibition of
approximately 50 large-scale paintings by
Billings artist, Charles Fritz. The exhibition is
being organized by the Montana Museum of
Art and Culture at the University of Montana,
Missoula and will travel nationally through
2006. Portraying key points along the
expedition’s route, the exhibition is the result
of the artist’s thorough research of the
journals and years of painting studies in
landscapes across the country. This exhibit
is sponsored by Explore! The Big Sky and
Wells Fargo Bank.
Discovery” is a special exhibition of
approximately 50 large-scale paintings by
Billings artist, Charles Fritz. The exhibition is
being organized by the Montana Museum of
Art and Culture at the University of Montana,
Missoula and will travel nationally through
2006. Portraying key points along the
expedition’s route, the exhibition is the result
of the artist’s thorough research of the
journals and years of painting studies in
landscapes across the country. This exhibit
is sponsored by Explore! The Big Sky and
Wells Fargo Bank.
The Artist's Perspective: Charles M. Russell
In 1903 and 1904, Charlie and Nancy spent a
considerable amount of time in New York
City. While there, the self-taught artist came
into contact with, and befriended many
notable artists - an effort that proved to be a
wise investment. Russell had expressed a
desire to learn to "lay on color" and "have a
chance to study this in some good studio." A
comparison of his paintings prior to the visit
with those after 1904 indicates that he
indeed learned how to "lay on color." A
comparison with other Russell works dated
ca. 1890, reveals this distinctive shift in
Russell's use of color and light. Artistically
speaking, many scholars consider the
paintings from 1904 to roughly 1920 to be his
finest pieces. As Brian Dippie notes, "After
1903, there was a quantum leap in the
overall quality of this work, first in watercolor,
then in oil. He could compose a complicated
scene, portray furious action convincingly,
capture atmospheric effects, fill stillness with
feeling (wariness, tension, confidence,
pride), and control a range of strong colors to
achieve a harmony that was magical."
(Dippie, 1988)
In 1903 and 1904, Charlie and Nancy spent a
considerable amount of time in New York
City. While there, the self-taught artist came
into contact with, and befriended many
notable artists - an effort that proved to be a
wise investment. Russell had expressed a
desire to learn to "lay on color" and "have a
chance to study this in some good studio." A
comparison of his paintings prior to the visit
with those after 1904 indicates that he
indeed learned how to "lay on color." A
comparison with other Russell works dated
ca. 1890, reveals this distinctive shift in
Russell's use of color and light. Artistically
speaking, many scholars consider the
paintings from 1904 to roughly 1920 to be his
finest pieces. As Brian Dippie notes, "After
1903, there was a quantum leap in the
overall quality of this work, first in watercolor,
then in oil. He could compose a complicated
scene, portray furious action convincingly,
capture atmospheric effects, fill stillness with
feeling (wariness, tension, confidence,
pride), and control a range of strong colors to
achieve a harmony that was magical."
(Dippie, 1988)
The Blackfeet, once referred to as "Lords of
the Plains," continue to take part in traditional
and contemporary ways of life. Although
history and culture have both mandated and
allowed change, the Blackfoot Confederacy
has withstood the challenge of living in a
world that sometimes conflicts with itself and
some of its people have been able to
maintain their true identity, without getting
into the blood-degree issues, which are
another way of creating division among the
people.
The Blackfeet people consist of the
Pikuni/Peigan, North Peigan Pikuni,
Blood/Kainai, and Blackfoot/Siksika. The four
groups practice religious and ceremonials
together, or in their separate areas, but with
the same way of life and beliefs. Within the
ancestry, or family relations, each group is
connected by family members, being part of
the four groups.
The Blackfeet chose which band they would
like to settle -- brothers, sisters and other
family members. This is why all four groups
have remained connected by family.
The Blackfeet are referred to by many as the
Blackfoot Confederacy. The 49th parallel has
impacted their relationships, but the people
continue them, regardless of the United
States and Canada being separate. The
Blackfoot belief and way of life has allowed
all groups to maintain contact and the
recognition of extended families.
the Plains," continue to take part in traditional
and contemporary ways of life. Although
history and culture have both mandated and
allowed change, the Blackfoot Confederacy
has withstood the challenge of living in a
world that sometimes conflicts with itself and
some of its people have been able to
maintain their true identity, without getting
into the blood-degree issues, which are
another way of creating division among the
people.
The Blackfeet people consist of the
Pikuni/Peigan, North Peigan Pikuni,
Blood/Kainai, and Blackfoot/Siksika. The four
groups practice religious and ceremonials
together, or in their separate areas, but with
the same way of life and beliefs. Within the
ancestry, or family relations, each group is
connected by family members, being part of
the four groups.
The Blackfeet chose which band they would
like to settle -- brothers, sisters and other
family members. This is why all four groups
have remained connected by family.
The Blackfeet are referred to by many as the
Blackfoot Confederacy. The 49th parallel has
impacted their relationships, but the people
continue them, regardless of the United
States and Canada being separate. The
Blackfoot belief and way of life has allowed
all groups to maintain contact and the
recognition of extended families.
Flathead Lake
Bigfork ,Montana
Fred Fellows, a longtime resident of Bigfork
now lives in southern Arizona.
He is internationally recognized as one of the
finest western artists in the world today.
Fred is past president and current director of
the world famous Cowboy Artist of America
organization. His paintings and sculptures
have been featured in many magazines
throughout the country. Among them are,
Arizona Highways, The Western Horseman,
Newsweek, Southwest Art, Artists of the
Rockies and Playboy.
now lives in southern Arizona.
He is internationally recognized as one of the
finest western artists in the world today.
Fred is past president and current director of
the world famous Cowboy Artist of America
organization. His paintings and sculptures
have been featured in many magazines
throughout the country. Among them are,
Arizona Highways, The Western Horseman,
Newsweek, Southwest Art, Artists of the
Rockies and Playboy.
Rieke's Bayside Gallery- Bigfork
Traveler Media Group
