Landowners: Homesteading and Allotment
Settlers come to Glacier and the Flathead Reservation
John F. Kennedy said the Homestead Act was “probably the single greatest stimulus to national development ever enacted.”
We visit the North Fork valley, and the Flathead Reservation—to explore the complicated history of the homestead era in northwest Montana.
This is an episode titled Becoming | Landowners, set to release in spring 2023, from season three of Headwaters. Season Three dives into the history of northwest Montana—finding unfamiliar perspectives on familiar stories.
“To William Howard Taft,
They told us we were to have our land until we, all Indians, die. There’s 1353 Flathead that don’t want to be open.”
Who I Spoke With
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Flannery Coates
President - NFPA / Owner - Home Ranch Bottoms
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Jim Muhn
BLM - Land Law Historian (Retired)
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Lois Walker
Historian - North Fork History Project
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Angela Johnson
Owner - Native Life Store
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Lisa Long Time Sleeping
Owner - Native Life Store
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Julie Cajune
Educator / Researcher
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Dr. Joe McDonald
President Emerita - Salish Kootenai College