Milk River region

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The Milk River region is a historical homeland area in the northern Great Plains of North America, associated with Indigenous peoples such as the Gros Ventre.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Milk River region canonical 3
Milk River Valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Aaniiih ⓘ
linked to: A’aninin

Assiniboine ⓘ
Blackfoot Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Blackfoot

Cree ⓘ
Gros Ventre ⓘ
borderedBy Missouri River basin ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
crossBorderRegion Canada–United States borderlands ⓘ
ecoregion prairie grassland ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance Indigenous campsites ⓘ
bison kill sites ⓘ
rock art sites ⓘ
hasCurrentJurisdiction Alberta ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
hasFeature badlands ⓘ
coulees ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
hasHydrologicalFeature Milk River ⓘ
hasLanguageTradition Algic languages ⓘ
Algonquian languages ⓘ
Siouan languages ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century North American frontier ⓘ
pre-contact North America ⓘ
historicalUse hunting grounds ⓘ
seasonal camps ⓘ
trade routes ⓘ
knownFor bison hunting ⓘ
riverine ecosystems ⓘ
locatedIn Milk River basin ⓘ
linked to: Milk River

North America ⓘ
northern Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains
partOf Northern Plains cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Plains culture area

traditional territories of Indigenous peoples in the Great Plains ⓘ
relatedTo Gros Ventre people ⓘ
Milk River ⓘ
Northern Plains Indigenous history ⓘ
usedFor dryland farming ⓘ
ranching ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gros Ventre language → traditionalRegion → Milk River region ⓘ
A’aninin → hasHistoricTerritory → Milk River region ⓘ
Fort Assinniboine → nearbyFeature → Milk River region ⓘ
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park → locatedIn → Milk River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Milk River region