Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation

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Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation
Indian reservation
Seal
Location in Montana
Tribe	Chippewa Cree
Country	United States
State	Montana
Counties	Chouteau Hill
Established	September 7, 1916
Headquarters	Box Elder
Government [1]
• Body	Business Committee
• Chairman	Harlan Gopher Baker
• Vice-Chairman	Ted E. Whitford Sr.
Area
• Total	171.4 sq mi (444 km2)
Population  (2017)[2]
• Total	3,794
• Density	22/sq mi (8.5/km2)
Website	chippewacree-nsn.gov

Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation (also known as Rocky Boy Reservation) is one of seven Native American reservations in the U.S. state of Montana. Established by an act of Congress on September 7, 1916, it was named after Ahsiniiwin (Stone Child, incorrectly originally translated as Rocky Boy), the chief of the Chippewa band, who had died a few months earlier. It was established for landless Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians in the American West, but within a short period of time many Cree (Nēhiyaw) and Métis were also settled there. Today the Cree outnumber the Chippewa on the reservation. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) recognizes it (and the tribe) as the Chippewa Cree Reservation.

The reservation is located in Hill and Chouteau counties in north central Montana, about 40 miles (64 km) from the Canada–U.S. border. It has a total land area of 171.4 square miles (444 km²), which includes extensive off-reservation trust lands. The reservation is reported to have 3,323 enrolled members, 55% of the total 6,177 enrolled members in the tribe.^[3]