The Associated Tribes of Grand Teton

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The land now known as Grand Teton National Park has historical, cultural, and spiritual meanings to many Native Americans. There are 24 associated tribes who have connections to the lands and beings throughout Grand Teton.

Click on the names of the tribes to link to their official websites or connect with them on the map below:

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana Burns Paiute Tribe Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma Coeur D'Alene Tribe Comanche Nation, Oklahoma Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Crow Tribe of Montana

Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma Kootenai Tribe of Idaho Nez Perce Tribe Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana Oglala Sioux Tribe Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota

 

 

In the map above, locations indicate headquarters of present-day tribal governments, reservations, and trust lands after Native Americans were forcibly removed from their traditional lands. Traditional areas of association are often much broader, and tribal members live all over the United States and the world.

 

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