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Fort Belknap Reservation Information 2002, Montana
       The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is located in north central Montana, forty miles south of the Canadian border and twenty miles north of the Missouri River. The reservation is south of the Milk River with nearly 92 percent of the reservation in Blaine County and the rest of the reservation in Phillips County. Almost all of the northern portion of the reservation consists of flat glacial plains and alluvial bottoms, while the southern portion consists of rolling grasslands and two mountain ranges, the Bearpaw Mountains and the Little Rocky Mountains. The Fort Belknap Indian Tribe organized in 1935 under the Indian Reorganization Act. The Fort Belknap Reservation is the fifth largest Indian reservation in Montana.
Characteristics Unit Total 1/ American Indian
Operators 2/		 Characteristics Unit Total 1/ American Indian
Operators 2/
Farms   Number 121 83 Operators Number 197 111
Land in Farms  
Reservation Acres in Farms		 Acres
Acres		 829,926
704,030		 634,270
606,023		 Operator Gender Male
Female		 136
61		 75
36
Total Cropland Farms
Acres		 86
165,763		 52
79,522		 Primary Occupation Farming
Other		 114
83		 55
56
Harvested Cropland Farms
Acres		 67
62,636		 34
21,732		 Operator Average Age 52.8 53.2
Irrigated Land Farms
Acres		 31
11,343		 14
5,405		 Operators Living on Reservations 111 101
All Wheat for Grain Farms
Acres
Bushels		 27
43,985
1,244,800		 9
15,246
419,300		 Barley for Grain Farms
Acres
Bushels		 9
1,295
41,063		 4
605
(D)
Forage Land

 Farms
Acres
Tons, dry		 51
17,608
23,056		 27
6,195
5,251		        
Horses and Ponies Inventory Farms
Number		 69
647		 54
512		 Horses and Ponies Sold Farms
Number		 9
35		 6
23
Cattle and Calves Inventory Farms
Number		 72
16,026		 46
6,228		 Cattle and Calves Sold Farms
Number		 73
10,374		 46
4,190
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. (D) Not disclosed.