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The name Montana comes from the Spanish word montaña, which in turn comes from the Latin word montanea, meaning "mountain" or more broadly "mountainous country". [10] [11] Montaña del Norte ('Northern Mountain') was the name given by early Spanish explorers to the entire mountainous region of the west. [11]
The 2010 census reported a population of 10,405 living on the reservation lands. [8] The population density is 3.47 people per square mile (1.34 people/km 2). The Blackfeet Nation has 16,500 enrolled members. The main community is Browning, Montana, which is the seat of tribal government.
Montana has several nicknames, [1] including "The Treasure State" and "Big Sky Country", and slogans that include "Land of the Shining Mountains" and more recently, "The Last Best Place". The state ranks fourth in area, but 44th in population, and accordingly has the third-lowest population density in the United States. [ 2 ]
The first permanent settlement by Euro-Americans was St. Mary's, established in 1841 near present-day Stevensville. The Montana Territory was established in 1864 and Montana officially became a state on November 8, 1889.
The Flathead Indian Reservation, located in western Montana on the Flathead River, is home to the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles tribes – also known as the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation. The reservation was created through the July 16, 1855, Treaty of Hellgate .
Singer; vaudeville performer; wrote a book about growing up African American in small-town Montana [115] [116] Wylie Gustafson: 1961–present Born in Conrad: Country western singer and songwriter; co-author of Montana's official lullaby [117] [118] [119] Nicolette Larson: 1952–1997 Born in Helena: Singer [120] [121] [122] Huey Lewis: 1950 ...
GNIS feature ID. 0785622 [ 2] Website. www .kalispell .com. Kalispell ( / ˈkæləˌspɛl, ˌkæləˈspɛl /, Montana Salish: Ql̓ispé, Kutenai language: Kqayaqawakⱡuʔnam[ 4]) is a city in Montana and the county seat of Flathead County, Montana, United States. [ 5] The 2020 census put Kalispell's population at 24,558. [ 6]
Helena has been the capital of Montana Territorysince 1875 and the state of Montana since 1889. Referendums were held in 1892 and 1894 to determine the state's capital; the result was to keep the capitol in Helena. In 1902, the Montana State Capitolwas completed. [55][56]Until the 1900 census, Helena was the most populous city in the state.