Interviewer
David Louter
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Description
Phillip “Bud” Bisnett shares his knowledge of the Old North Trail. He speculates about its existence, location, and use by North American indigenous peoples as a travois trail. Bisnett describes growing up in Dupuyer, Montana, and how he discovered the trail for himself as a kid, near his family ranch at the base of the mountains. He discusses the Blackfeet tribe’s use of the trail for transporting people and goods before their land was taken by the U.S. government and they were forced onto a reservation. Bisnett speculates that the trail may have been used by the Flathead and Shoshone people during the time of Lewis and Clark. He also recalls discovering a cairn built along one of two large springs where native artifacts have been discovered in concentration.
Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Indian trails; Blackfeet tribe; Teepee rings; Flathead tribe; Shoshone tribe; Cairns; Stone sculptures; Plains Indians; Old North Trail, Montana; North-South Trail, Montana; Augusta, Montana; Choteau, Montana; Dupuyer, Montana; Sheep Creek; Birch Creek; Travois; Dog travois; Horse travois; Bering Land Bridge; Native American artifacts; Archaeology; Prehistoric Peoples of North American; Sheepherders’ monuments
Original Date
9-20-1986
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Old North Trail Oral History Project, OH 167, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 167-002
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (14 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:50:19 minutes
Local Filename
OH_167_002.mp3; OH_167_002.pdf
Citation
Bisnett, Phillip, "Phillip "Bud" Bisnett Interview, September 20, 1986" (1986). Old North Trail Oral History Project. 2.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/oldnorthtrail_oralhistory/2