Number of federally recognized tribes in Montana : 11
Number of state recognized tribes : 1
Number of Indian reservations : 7
Year the Sioux, Gros Ventre, Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Crow, and Cheyenne territories were officially recognized by a single treaty with the U.S. government : 1851
Year the first two reservations were formally established : 1855
Year Montana became a state : 1889
Number of treaties signed by the Cheyenne : 8
Number of treaties signed by tribes now located in Montana that were never ratified by Congress : 6
Year the last reservation in Montana was created : 1916
Number of reservations in Montana created by treaty : 3
Number created by executive order : 3
Number created by Congressional statute : 1
Number of tribal nations in Montana that reorganized their governing structure under the terms of the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act : 5
Number of tribes that have received Self-Governance status : 2
Number currently operating under a 501(c)(3) status : 1
Percentage of the Montana population that was American Indian prior to 1805 : 100
Percentage in 2015 : 6.6
Percentage of Rocky Boy’s Reservation residents who were non-Indian in 2000 : 3.7
Percentage on Flathead : 73.3
Percentage of American Indians who resided in urban areas in Montana in 2000 : 41.6
Percentage of American Indians working off-reservation who pay state income taxes : 100
Percentage of all working American Indians in Montana who pay federal income taxes : 100
American Indian median household income in 2014 : $30,284
Average number of dollars brought into Montana by tribes annually between 2003 and 2009 : $947,727,265
Number of dollars contributed to the Montana economy by tribal colleges in 2009 : $76,200,000
Number of 2-year degree programs offered at Fort Peck Community College : 18
Number of 4-year degree programs offered at Salish Kootenai College : 14
Percentage of full-time students enrolled at Salish Kootenai College in 2014 who were non-Indian : 23.7
Percentage of non-Indian students enrolled at Blackfeet Community College in 2015 : 4
Percentage of inmates serving time in the state prison in 2014 who were American Indian : 27.7
Times greater that American Indians are represented in the prison population than in the state population : 4.2
Number of American Indians serving in the state legislature in 2015 : 8
Percentage that are female : 63
Average life expectancy of American Indian women in Montana in 2013 : 62
Average life expectancy of American Indian men in Montana : 56
Average life expectancy of a non-Indian man in Montana : 75
Median age of American Indians in Montana : 29
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