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Montana

• Nickname: the "Treasure State", "Land of Shining Mountains", "Big Sky Country"

• Slogan: "The Last Best Place"

• Ranks fourth in area, but 44th in population

• Economy

Native Americans were the first inhabitants of the state of Montana. Groups included the Crow in the south-central area, the Cheyenne in the southeast, the Blackfeet, Assiniboine and Gros Ventres in the central and north-central area and the Kootenai and Salish in the west.

Rocky Mountains

• Ranges in western North America

• Stretch from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States.

• Highest peak：Mount Elbert in Colorado at 14,440 feet (4,401 meters) above sea level.

Blackfeet

• A tribe of Native Americans based in Montana

• Blackfoot vs. Blackfeet

• "in a sacred force that permeates all things, represented symbolically by the sun whose light sustains all things"

Bighorn River

• A tributary of the Yellowstone

• In the western United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana

• At the border with Montana

Black Hills

• "island of trees in a sea of grass"

• History

• Economy

• Movies and songs

Devils Tower National Monument

• “Bear Tower”

• Located in the Black Hills , northeastern Wyoming

• Established on September 24, 1906

Smoky Hill River

• Originates in the high plains of eastern Colorado and flows east

Oklahoma

• Locates in the South Central region and Southern Region of the United States of America

• Means "red people"

• Capital and largest city: Oklahoma City

• Economy

Rainy Mountain

Arkansas River

• A major tributary of the Mississippi River

• The sixth longest river in the United States

Cimarron River

• The Cimarron River extends 698 miles (1123 km) across New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas. The headwaters flow from Johnson Mesa west of Folsom in northeastern New Mexico. The river enters the Oklahoma Panhandle near Kenton, crosses the southeastern corner of Colorado into Kansas, re-enters the Oklahoma Panhandle, re-enters Kansas, and finally returns to Oklahoma where it joins the Arkansas River at Keystone Reservoir above Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Comanche

• Hunters and gatherers• Typical Plains Indian• "the People"• Horse• Status quo

Sun Dance

• A ceremony practiced by a number of Native American tribes

• Object: to sacrifice one's self to the Great Spirit, and to pray while connected to the Tree of Life, a direct connection to the Great Spirit

Fort Sill

• A United States Army post

• Remains the only active Army installation of all the forts on the South Plains built during the Indian Wars

• Red River War

Texas

• Located in the South Central United States• The second largest U.S. state in both area and

population• Houston • Dallas–Fort Worth• Capital: Austin• Diverse landscapes• "everything is bigger in Texas"• Cowboy• Economy

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