Bear River Massacre
Bannack Park Ranger John Phillips responded to last week's post about the Bear River Massacre, saying that he has been discussing the Bear River Massacre in tours at Bannack for years in his attempt to incorporate elements of IEFA at Bannack State Park. That's really cool and just one more reason to book a tour of Bannack State Parks, which is one of the coolest historical sites in Montana that's open to the public.
Browning Public Schools BNAS District Instructional Coach wrote to share that "the Blackfeet Tribe also refers to the Baker Massacre of 1870 as the Bear River massacre. The massacre in 1870 happened on the Marias River which the Blackfeet had called Bear River before it was renamed.
Just thought I would share that with you in case some get confused about the name especially up in the Northcentral part of Montana." We gathered material on that massacre, including a scholarly article and discussion questions (for high school) and a primary-source based lesson plan (for middle and high school) here.
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