Chief Joseph Battleground of the Bear's Paw
Also known as: Bearpaw Mountain Fight (Snake Creek Fight)About 15 mi. S of Chinook, T 30N R 19E, Sections 1 and 12, Chinook, Montana
Map
Coordinates:
+48.37747, -109.2081648°22'39" N, 109°12'29" W
Quadrangle map:Cleveland NW
Description
Site of the battle in which Chief Joseph and more than 400 Nez Perce Indians surrendered to the United States Army (1877). The Bear Paw surrender signaled the close of the Nez Perces' existence as an "independent Indian people." Henceforth, they lived as a group of displaced persons; in the white culture, but certainly not of it. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, June 7, 1988
National Register information
Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 6, 1970
- Reference number
- 70000355
- Area of significance
- Military
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; B - Person
- Property type
- Site
- Historic function
- Battle site
- Current function
- Park
- Period of significance
- 1875-1899
- Significant year
- 1877
- Number of properties
- Contributing sites: 1
Non-contributing objects: 3