2007 Census Fort Belknap Reservation Profile Montana

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Fort Belknap Reservation Information 2007, 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	224	175	Operators	Number	334	234
Land in Farms Reservation Acres in Farms	Acres Acres	800,087 581,416	499,153 445,220	Operator Gender	Male Female	231 103	168 66
Total Cropland	Farms Acres	134 166,684	94 89,756	Primary Occupation	Farming Other	166 168	96 138
Harvested Cropland	Farms Acres	112 67,986	75 33,318	All Operators	Average Age	53.0	54.6
Irrigated Land	Farms Acres	50 22,200	26 6,081	Operators Living on Reservations		250	173
All Wheat for Grain	Farms Acres Bushels	26 37,427 1,087,052	12 19,762 572,276	Barley for Grain	Farms Acres Bushels	4 524 30,775	2 (D) (D)
Forage Land	Farms Acres Tons, dry	100 30,020 51,294	67 13,391 16,298
Horses and Ponies Inventory	Farms Number	152 1,731	122 1,341	Horses and Ponies Sold	Farms Number	29 242	19 197
Cattle and Calves Inventory	Farms Number	128 23,136	89 8,355	Cattle and Calves Sold	Farms Number	125 17,196	86 7,752
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. (D) Not disclosed.