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Congress Opposed Toole Measure Opening Crow Reservation
In 1866 Montana stockmen opposed Delegate Toole's bill to open the Crow reservation and settler lands in northern Montana. The proposal aimed to allot 320 acres per Indian and sell surplus lands while holding the rest in trust for tribes. Critics warned of loss of tribal integrity and the rise of white settlement.
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Congress
Toole
Montana
Crow Country
Lou” Grill
Maginnis
Northwest
Holman Committee
Crow Reservation
Major Maginnis
Sweet Grass Hills
Marias River
Piegan, Blood
Blackfeet
Blackfeet Agency
Chouteau County
Wyoming
Francis H. Warren
United States Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Sherman
Wind River
Fort Benton
Billings
G. G. West
Missouri
Col. Leaming
Benton
Billings Herald
Henry M. Teller
Interior Department
Billings Board of Trade
Teller
Senate
Quivey
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Armstrong
Providence
Hiram Price
Blake
Senator Dawes
United States
Billings Gazette
the Gazette
Crows
Indian Department
Williamson
Washington
Catholic Mission