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The Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation was established by an Act of Congress: Chapter 452 September 7, 1916. | () 39 Stat., 739.An Act To amend the Act of February eleventh, nineteen hundred and fifteen (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and seven), providing for the opening of the Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation. “SEC. 10. That fractional townships twenty-eight north, ranges fifteen and sixteen east, and fractional townships twenty-nine north, ranges fourteen and fifteen east, Montana principal meridian, within the boundaries of said reservation, embracing a total area of approximately fifty-six thousand and thirty-five acres, are hereby set apart as a reservation for Rocky Boy’s Band of Chippewas and such other homeless Indians in the State of Montana as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to locate thereon, and the said Secretary is authorized, in his discretion, to allot the lands within the reservation hereby created under the provisions of the general allotment Act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty"fourth Statutes at Large, page three hundred and eighty-eight), as amended. This is an Indian reservation originally intended for the federally recognized Rocky Boy's Band of Chippewa Indians located in the U.S. state of Montana. It was established by Congressional Statute on September 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 739, Sec. 10). Currently the tribal successorship is challenged by the Chippewa peoople. The Department of Interior installed its own government of self-identified adoptees, known as the Business Committee made up of one (1) Chairman, and eight council-members, organized and approved in accordance with section 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) as amended by the Act of June 15, 1935 (Pub. No. 147, 74TH Cong), and final approval of their constitution was on November 23, 1935. ==Description== The reservation was established by Congressional Statute on September 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 739, Sec. 10). The Congressional Act recognized the Rocky Boy's Band of Chippwwa Indians. There is a legal dispute as to the validity of a Chippewa Cree Tribe, a designation that is not founded on U.S. Treaty source law, nor is it accepted by the original Rocky Boy Band. The self-identified adoptees worked with the Department of Interior to enacte a Chippewa Cree Constitution in November 1935, to the near complete exclusion of the Chippewa people. In this unorthodox and dubious process, the adoptee faction and Interior enacted the current Chippewa Cree Tribal Constitution, that the Interior recognizes as the governing body, referred to as the Business Committee of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation was organized in accordance with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (34 Stat. P. 984) as amended by the Act of June 15, 1935. The Tribe recognition as the Chippewa Cree tribe was never formalized by Congress, nor was it ever authorized by the Rocky Boy Band of Chippewa Indians. The governing document is the Constitution and By-Laws of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, Montana enacted in 1935, as amended on May 17, 1972; and February 6, 2004, to include but not limited to: (creating Article XI - Rights of Members, codifying the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 and its amendments; and Article XII - Judicial Branch, appointing tribal court judges versus the old system of electing them). The Tribe also ratified a Corporate Charter on July 25, 1936, in accordance with section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) as amended by the Act of June 15, 1935 (Pub. No. 147, 74TH Cong). There is no legal manner for the Cree tribe to claim or assert recognition in the U.S., the legal maneuvering of adoptees around the Chippewa body as the official recognized tribe is now a source of dispute. Only the officially recognized tribe can enact law and assert sovereignty. The Chippewa people are working to revoke the tribal constitution at the present time. The Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation is located in the beautiful Bear's Paw Mountains. According to the map of Montana, there are two counties within the State of Montana that overlap the Reservation, and they include: (County, and Chouteau County ) located in northeastern Montana, about from the Canadian border. It is the smallest reservation in terms of land area in the state, with a total land area of , which includes extensive off-reservation trust lands. The population was 3,323 at the 2010 census, an increase of 24 percent compared to 2000. The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Labor Force Report of 2005 reported 5,656 enrolled members. Its largest community is Box Elder, although a small part of Box Elder extends off reservation lands. Three other reservations of the seven in the state also had growth during this period.〔 Over 80% of the tribal enrollment are classifiable as adoptees under the tribal constitution, having non-Chippewa tribal origin. Rocky Boy's unusual name came about from the English mistranslation of the name of the tribal chief, ''Ahsiniiwin'' (Chippewa/Anishanaabe). His name was closer in meaning to "Stone Child." The Chippewa who are descendants of Chief Rocky Boy: the translation of Asiniweyin is Stone Being, or Being of Stone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rocky Boy Indian Reservation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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