The Natives of Montana Archival Project (NOMAP) collects primary source documents related to the various tribes of Montana. Documents will be collected from the National Archives, National Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. To date, there have been approximately 35,000 pages and documents digitized, all of which will be hosted on the Montana Memory Project. The geographic location represented by this project covers all of Montana.

Round 1 was digitized in 2009 and published in 2010. It contains over 13,000 documents from the Blackfeet Agency Record Group 75.

Funding for this project was provided by Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the Native American Studies Department, and the Smithsonian.

Browse the Collection

NOMAP documents are available at the Montana Memory Project

Finding Aids

• NOMAP Project Guide to Documents Relating to American Indians in Montana
• U.S. National Archives & Records Administration Central Classified Files, compiled 1907-1939

External Links

• UM Native American Studies Department

• Official Tribal Websites
  • Blackfeet Nation
  • Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation
  • Crow Tribe [Apsaalooke Nation]
  • Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of Montana
  • Northern Cheyenne Tribe
  • Little Shell Tribe
  • Salish and Kootenai tribes
  • Fort Peck Tribes
• Smithsonian National Museum of the Native American
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Montana Tribes via the Montana Office of Public Instruction

Photo courtesy of Dave Beck