Ninaki Mountain
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Ninaki Mountain http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/show_picture.cgi?ID=ID.%20Stanton,%20T.W.%20687 is located in Montana
, SW of Chief Mountain
. It was named in honour of the sacrifice of the wife who threw her baby, then herself off the mountain in reaction to the death of her war-chief husband as a result of a battle which took place between Peigan
and Blackfeet
warriors.
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, SW of Chief Mountain
Chief Mountain
Chief Mountain is located in the U.S. state of Montana on the eastern border of Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation...
. It was named in honour of the sacrifice of the wife who threw her baby, then herself off the mountain in reaction to the death of her war-chief husband as a result of a battle which took place between Peigan
Peigan
Peigan refers to two Native tribes in the Blackfoot Confederacy:* Northern Peigan, in Alberta, Canada* Piegan Blackfeet in Montana, USA...
and Blackfeet
Blackfeet
The Piegan Blackfeet are a tribe of Native Americans of the Algonquian language family based in Montana, having lived in this area since around 6,500 BC. Many members of the tribe live as part of the Blackfeet Nation in northwestern Montana, with population centered in Browning...
warriors.
- Height: 2525 m (8284 ft)
- Location: N 48 55' 30.0" W 113 37' 28.9"48 55.500' -113 37.482'
- (20 km SW of Carway). (1 km SW of Chief Mountain)