People, Places, Pathways

Montana Indigenous Tourism Trails Project will create Indigenous Tourism Trails to connect, interpret, and market tourism assets and experiences within and across our reservations. This program is funded through the Montana Pilot Community Tourism Grant.

MITTP will connect visitors with tribal communities in new ways that will give tribes control over the narrative. Tribes will have the agency to tell their story the way they want to tell it, and to protect their sacred sites and history in a way they've never had before. Guests will visit Montana's Indian Country in sustainable and respectful ways.

Montana's Indian Country is made up of eight distinct areas across the state, seven reservations and an area in Great Falls. This great state is home to 13 federally recognized tribes with over 67,000 enrolled citizens.  The Amskapi Pikuni of the Blackfeet Reservation; the Apsáalooke of the Crow Reservation, the A’aniih and Nakoda of the Fort Belknap Reservation; the Dakota and Nakoda of the Fort Peck Reservation; the Little Shell Annishinabe; the Tsetsêhesêstâhase of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation; and the Annishinabe and Ne-i-yah-wahk of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation make up the beautiful and diverse tapestry that is Montana's Indian Country.

MITTP will connect Montana's Indian Country through an online platform that will help guests navigate and plan their visit responsibly. They will be able to use the platform to build itineraries throughout the many Indigenous communities that make up Montana's Indian Country.

Each tribe will host a steering committee that will help Montana Indigenous Tourism Trails Project staff understand the community's tourism assets and needs. If you are interested in learning more about this project click here.