Milk River region

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The Milk River region is a historical homeland area in the northern Great Plains of North America, associated with Indigenous peoples such as the Gros Ventre.

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Label Occurrences
Milk River region canonical 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
associatedWithEthnicGroup A’aninin
surface form: Aaniiih

Assiniboine
Blackfoot
surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy

Cree
Gros Ventre
borderedBy Missouri River Basin
surface form: Missouri River basin
climate continental climate
country Canada
United States of America
crossBorderRegion Canada–United States border region
surface form: Canada–United States borderlands
ecoregion prairie grassland
hasArchaeologicalSignificance Indigenous campsites
bison kill sites
rock art sites
hasCurrentJurisdiction Alberta
Montana
hasFeature badlands
coulees
river valleys
hasHydrologicalFeature Milk River
hasLanguageTradition Algic languages
Algonquian languages
Siouan languages
historicalEra 19th century North American frontier
pre-contact North America
historicalUse hunting grounds
seasonal camps
trade routes
knownFor bison hunting
riverine ecosystems
locatedIn Milk River
surface form: Milk River basin

North America
Great Plains
surface form: northern Great Plains
partOf Plains culture area
surface form: Northern Plains cultural area

traditional territories of Indigenous peoples in the Great Plains
relatedTo Gros Ventre people
Milk River
Northern Plains Indigenous history
usedFor dryland farming
ranching

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Gros Ventre language traditionalRegion Milk River region