Future Reading & Resources

Website References

These sources are cited by number throughout the website. Superscript numbers within page content correspond to entries in this list.

1. Grant, Anne Des Rosier. 2017 (revised). Elouise Cobell Fellowship Final Report. University of Montana College of Humanities and Sciences, Missoula, MT.

   Available: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ilm8p6riCDseOQlONDiX8LRbpimNyQSL/view

2. Luna, Tara, Peter Lesica and Dave Hanna. 2013. “IPA-Connelly Fen.” Montana Native Plant Society. Revised February 2, 2015.

   Available: http://www.mtnativeplants.org/fileaccess/getfile/415.pdf

3. Wilmot, Jason. 2003. “So-keeps-kim” Flatiron Creek Ranch Conservation Management Plan. The Blackfeet Indian Land Trust.

4. Scott, Jim. 2017. Transcript of speech on the origin of BILT and the legacy of Elouise Cobell.

   Available: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hkq5R1sQLiwoflEeKHglB1LL5RGudCOa/view 

Press

[Links to past media coverage, news features, and published stories about BILT and the Yellow Bird Woman Sanctuary. Linked from the homepage “Older Stories” section.

•   Soto, Christina. 2004. “Custodians of the Land.” Land Trust Alliance Exchange. Winter. – Featured BILCTC and Elouise Cobell as a principal force behind the Trust.
•   The Nature Conservancy of Montana Newsletter. Autumn 2000. “The Bear and the Blackfeet: Conservancy helps new Land Trust preserve Indian lands along the Rocky Mountain Front.”

Additional Resources

About BILT and the Yellow Bird Woman Sanctuary

Grant, Anne Des Rosier. 2017. Elouise Cobell Fellowship Final Report. University of Montana. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ilm8p6riCDseOQlONDiX8LRbpimNyQSL/view

Native Land Project, Montana State University. “Ootahkoipiksakii (Yellow Bird Woman) Sanctuary.” https://www.montana.edu/nativeland/otkwaipiiksaakii.html

The Nature Conservancy. 2013. Montana Annual Report. https://www.nature.org/media/montana/montana-annual-report-2013.pdf

The Nature Conservancy. “Blackfeet Indian Reservation.” https://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/montana/placesweprotect/blackfeet-reservation.xml

About Elouise Cobell

National Women’s History Museum. “Elouise Cobell (Yellow Bird Woman).” https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elouise-cobell-yellow-bird-woman

National Museum of the American Indian Magazine. “Elouise Cobell: A Small Measure of Justice.” https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/elouise-cobell-small-measure-justice

Cobell Scholar. Elouise Cobell chapter. https://cobellscholar.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cobell_chapter1.pdf

Elouise Cobell Land and Culture Institute, University of Montana. http://hs.umt.edu/cobell/default.php

Rocky Mountain Ecology and Conservation

Luna, Tara, Peter Lesica and Dave Hanna. 2013. “IPA-Connelly Fen.” Montana Native Plant Society. http://www.mtnativeplants.org/fileaccess/getfile/415.pdf

Sacred Land Film Project. “Blackfeet Nation.” https://sacredland.org/blackfeet-nation-united-states/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Conservation Easements. https://www.fws.gov/

Amskapi Piikani History and Culture

Native Land Project, Montana State University. “Amskapi Piikani (Blackfeet) Planning.” https://www.montana.edu/nativeland/AmskapiPiikani.html

Life in the Land: Amskapi Piikani – Blackfeet Nation (documentary and podcast series). https://www.lifeintheland.org/blackfeetnation

Montana Office of Public Instruction. “Blackfeet Reservation Timeline.” http://www.opi.mt.gov/Pdf/IndianEd/IEFA/BlackfeetTimeline.pdf

Indian Land Tenure Foundation. “Fractionation and Checkerboarding.” https://www.iltf.org

Educational Resources

Montana Office of Public Instruction. “100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice” curriculum (developed by Anne Des Rosier Grant). http://opi.mt.gov/Portals/182/Page%20Files/Indian%20Education/Social%20Studies/9-12/100%20Years.pdf

VISIONS Service Adventures. “Remembering Elouise.” https://visionsserviceadventures.com/elouise-cobell-100-years/