In 1891, the Salish tribe was relocated to the current Flathead Reservation under the Treaty of Hellgate.
He grew up on the Flathead Reservation in St. Ignatius, Montana and went to mission and non-reservation boarding schools.
Also named in his honor was the library at the Salish Kootenai College on the Flathead Reservation.
They frequented the land on and around the Flathead Reservation which the Flathead Indians' agent did not like.
The Flathead Reservation is home to the Kootenai and Pend d'Oreilles tribes also.
Senator Dixon did try to speak for the Chippewa of the Flathead Reservation but he was ignored.
Rocky Boy was obviously upset about the failure and those Chippewa living on the Flathead Reservation, even more so.
The Flathead Reservation in northwest Montana is over 1.3 million acres (5,300 km2) in size.
The SKC's main campus on the Flathead Reservation.
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.