2007 Census Blackfeet Reservation Profile Montana

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Blackfeet Reservation Information 2007, 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	584	377	Operators	Number	906	491
Land in Farms Reservation Acres in Farms	Acres Acres	1,879,735 1,482,496	1,036,990 966,784	Operator Gender	Male Female	623 283	353 138
Total Cropland	Farms Acres	340 575,256	171 142,140	Primary Occupation	Farming Other	487 419	221 270
Harvested Cropland	Farms Acres	273 297,149	120 59,022	All Operators	Average Age	54.8	54.4
Irrigated Land	Farms Acres	163 50,082	76 20,152	Operators Living on Reservations		710	392
All Wheat for Grain	Farms Acres Bushels	128 133,522 2,722,823	32 27,453 476,682	Barley for Grain	Farms Acres Bushels	114 103,347 2,799,175	27 9,802 364,209
Forage Land	Farms Acres Tons, dry	213 55,413 84,149	104 21,834 31,458
Horses and Ponies Inventory	Farms Number	398 6,452	308 5,537	Horses and Ponies Sold	Farms Number	70 749	48 600
Cattle and Calves Inventory	Farms Number	348 69,981	235 36,604	Cattle and Calves Sold	Farms Number	338 50,646	219 28,596
1/ Data are for farms and ranches reporting at least some agricultural production on reservations during 2007. 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.