The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, formerly named the Tongue River Indian Reservation, is home to the Northern Cheyenne tribe of Native Americans.
Located in southeastern Montana, it is approximately 444,000 acres in size and centered by the town of Lame Deer, the tribal and government agency headquarters and home of the Northern Cheyenne Powwow. It is bounded on the east by the Tongue River and on the west by the Crow Reservation. There are small parcels of non-contiguous off-reservation trust lands in Meade County, South Dakota, northeast of the city of Sturgis.
The Reservation's timbered ridges that extend into northwestern South Dakota are part of Custer National Forest. The reservation is approximately 40 miles (64 km) east of the site of the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn, or "Battle of Greasy Grass", as it is called by the Lakota.
According to latest tribal enrollment figures, as of March 2013, there are approximately 10,050 enrolled tribal members of which about 4,939 reside on the reservation. Approximately 91% of the population were Native Americans (full or part race), with 72.8% identifying as Cheyenne. Slightly more than a quarter of the population five years or older spoke a language other than English. A few members of the Crow tribe also live on the reservation.
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