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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.