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At Chief Plenty Coups State Park, visitors will find the homestead of Chief Plenty Coups.
St. Labre Mission and Cheyenne Indian Museum
St. Labre Mission
(1000 Tongue River Rd., Ashland, 406/784-4500,
www.stlabre.org
,
tours 8am-4:30pm daily Memorial Day-Labor Day, free) began as the St. Labre Indian
School in 1884 under the guidance of the Ursuline Sisters. The school and mission were
founded before the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation was officially set up by the U.S.
government. George Yoakum, a former soldier and Roman Catholic from Miles City, re-
quested that Montana's Bishop John Brondel go to help the wandering Cheyenne who were
congregating in the Tongue River Valley. Brondel purchased the land, and the St. Labre
School was founded in March 1884.
PLENTY COUPS, VISIONARY CHIEF OF THE CROW
Born into the Crow Indian tribe in 1848, Chief Plenty Coups had a life that spanned
two eras. As a young warrior, he rode across the plains hunting, fighting, and con-
