Entry - August 11, 1936

10.00 P.M. I went to church at 6.30 A.M. and served mass and also went to communion.

I am going up the sunset trail in the near future if I possibly can. They say that farther up the trail that the Blackfoot indian Res. is.

Robert

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Comments from Chris

I don't see the Sunset Trail on current maps, but the Blackfoot reservation is on the eastern side. It is quite a way from where Robert is. You can see it on the right side of the map below.

I mentioned the Blackfoot land was purchased in 1895. Not long before this there were rumors of gold in the area. It was those rumors that would lead to the US government to pressure the Blackfoot in to selling the land where it could be opened up to non-Indian mining interests.

An interesting part  of the sale is that the Blackfoot would retain all non-mineral rights to the land. The Blackfoot could still hunt and use the land. This has been a point of contention for years resulting in many court cases over the last century. One even as late as 2000 when two Blackfoot members where brought to court for killing two bighorn sheep in the park. The judge did not agree when they referenced the provision for hunting in the original agreement.   

Blackfoot Tipis (1910)

Robert's 1936 Glacier National Park Map