2007 Summer Institute

Exploring the Westward Movement

Internet Resources

Lewis and Clark

Lewis and Clark in Montana

Pompey's Pillar

Plains Indians and the Battle of Little Bighorn

About the Crow

Chief Plenty Coups
http://fwp.mt.gov/mtoutdoors/HTML/articles/2004/PlentyCoupsSP.htm
http://www.nezperce.com/pcmain.html

About the Northern Cheyenne

Little Bighorn National Park

Little Bighorn Reborn
This article gives a little history of the battlefield and highlights some of the complex relationships of the Native Americans involved.

Little Big Horn Association
A nonprofit dedicated to continuing research and education about the seminal battle. While it appears to focus on Custer, the site actually contains a gold mine of information about the Indian participants and many related topics.

Bannack, MT-Impact on Native American Life
Describes the early history of the Montana gold rush and its impact on Native Americans.

The Flight of the Nez Perce

Virginia City

http://www.virginiacity.com/
http://www.virginiacitymt.com/
http://www.montanaheritagecommission.com
http://www.virginiacitychamber.com/index.cfm

Chinese in Montana

Butte's Far Eastern Influences
The 1870 census reveals that 10% of Montana's population was Chinese. There was even a Chinatown in Virginia City. This website discusses the Chinese experience.

Virginia City Chinese

East Meets West: The Chinese Experience in Montana
Teacher's guide that includes background essays, primary sources and lesson plans detailing the Chinese immigrant experience.

Homesteading

Frontier House
Three families are immersed in authentic homesteading circa 1883 in Montana Territory and PBS filmed how they fared with building their home, tending their livestock, planting food, catching fish in the creek -- all without the assistance of modern technology.

Cabin Fever in Frontier House

Printer Friendly Page