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Blackfeet Reservation Information 2002, Montana

				The Blackfeet Indian Reservation is located in northwestern Montana along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and includes most of Glacier County. On the north the reservation borders the Canadian province of Alberta. The reservation shares its western border with Glacier National Park and its southwest border with the Badger-Two Medicine portion of the Lewis and Clark National Forest. Other natural boundaries include Birch Creek and Cut Bank Creek. Elevations vary from a low of 3,400 feet in the southwest to a high of over 9,000 feet at Chief Mountain on the northwest boundary. The Blackfeet Indian Tribe organized in 1935 under the Indian Reorganization Act. The Blackfeet Reservation is the third largest Indian reservation in Montana.
Characteristics	Unit	Total 1/	American Indian Operators 2/	Characteristics	Unit	Total 1/	American Indian Operators 2/
Farms	Number	354	198	Operators	Number	584	262
Land in Farms   Reservation Acres in Farms	Acres Acres	1,602,499 1,291,180	957,487 879,268	Operator Gender	Male Female	404 180	182 80
Total Cropland	Farms Acres	256 463,949	113 81,718	Primary Occupation	Farming Other	400 184	164 98
Harvested Cropland	Farms Acres	219 245,530	88 38,215	All Operators	Average Age	50.7	50.0
Irrigated Land	Farms Acres	94 32,158	34 6,818	Operators Living on Reservations		426	256
All Wheat for Grain	Farms Acres Bushels	98 113,100 2,769,434	16 7,582 146,387	Barley for Grain	Farms Acres Bushels	99 87,349 3,366,252	25 11,679 369,434
Forage Land	Farms Acres Tons, dry	166 43,782 70,260	78 18,811 24,349
Horses and Ponies Inventory	Farms Number	214 2,995	142 2,313	Horses and Ponies Sold	Farms Number	35 269	21 230
Cattle and Calves Inventory	Farms Number	222 42,318	139 21,781	Cattle and Calves Sold	Farms Number	213 26,503	135 13,464
1/ Data are for farms and ranches reporting at least some agricultural production on reservations during 2002. 2/ At least one of the reported operators (out of a maximum of three) is self-identified as American Indian either exclusively or in combination with other races.