January 9th, 2009
Indian Tribes of Montana - A Proud Heritage
The first people to inhabit the area now known as Montana were members of nomadic
tribes that supplemented their diets with native plants and sustained
their existence by hunting buffalo and other mammals. Following the
buffalo herds, these first people crossed the Bering Strait from Asia
approximately 12,000 years ago and over time migrated southward.
Archaeologists have verified evidence of a thriving tribal culture
established west of the Rocky Mountains more than 9,000 years ago.