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Fort Peck Reservation Information 2002, Montana

				The Fort Peck Indian Reservation, the second largest of Montana’s reservations, is located in northeastern Montana and includes parts of Valley, Daniels, Sheridan and Roosevelt Counties. The reservation is located forty miles west of the North Dakota border and fifty miles south of the Canadian border. The Missouri River borders the reservation on the south. Minor tributaries of the Missouri River cut through the reservation’s rolling hills and plains. The Fort Peck Indian Tribe adopted a written constitution in 1927.
Characteristics	Unit	Total 1/	American Indian Operators 2/	Characteristics	Unit	Total 1/	American Indian Operators 2/
Farms	Number	548	94	Operators	Number	833	107
Land in Farms   Reservation Acres in Farms	Acres Acres	1,774,370 1,248,386	599,892 564,164	Operator Gender	Male Female	613 220	75 32
Total Cropland	Farms Acres	501 925,413	83 156,084	Primary Occupation	Farming Other	619 214	79 28
Harvested Cropland	Farms Acres	452 553,260	73 84,962	All Operators	Average Age	52.3	50.6
Irrigated Land	Farms Acres	97 26,916	22 6,823	Operators Living on Reservations		598	100
All Wheat for Grain	Farms Acres Bushels	364 424,383 10,436,579	57 59,481 1,372,008	Barley for Grain	Farms Acres Bushels	66 13,426 482,044	9 1,330 50,572
Forage Land	Farms Acres Tons, dry	275 77,931 112,656	50 13,459 26,028
Horses and Ponies Inventory	Farms Number	150 1,270	30 428	Horses and Ponies Sold	Farms Number	28 75	9 27
Cattle and Calves Inventory	Farms Number	254 38,884	45 7,072	Cattle and Calves Sold	Farms Number	244 25,816	44 5,228
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.