Keywords: "Results of irrigation on Flathead Irrigation Project." - NARA - 293356.jpg Scope and content This image documents investigations and construction on various units of the Flathead Irrigation Project The Project was initiated to determine rights and distribute water originating on the Flathead Indian Agency in Montana to both tribal and non-tribal land The establishment of the Reservation in 1855 preceded Montana statehood by nearly 35 years and presented many challenges in establishing senority and providing for equitable distribution of water for the irrigation of farms and ranches General notes 293356 Local identifier Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Flathead Irrigation Project 1947 - 1952 NARA's Rocky Mountain Region Denver NRGA Building 48 Denver Federal Center West 6th Avenue and Kipling Street Denver CO 80225-0307 Record group Record Group 75 Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1793 - 1999 Record group ARC 404 Glass Negatives and Photographs compiled 1911 - 1939 Series ARC 293334 File unit Glass Negatives and Photographs 1911 - 1939 File unit ARC 293335 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRG-75-NEGS PHOTOS-97221-4382 Other versions <gallery> File Results_of_irrigation_on_Flathead_Irrigation_Project _-_NARA_-_293356 tif tif File Results_of_irrigation_on_Flathead_Irrigation_Project _-_NARA_-_293356 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Smiling men Montana in the 1920s Vegetable exhibitions |