GROS VENTURA WERE CALLED 'WHITE CLAY PEOPLE'. THIS NAME WAS GIVEN BY THE FRENCH TRADERS AND HAS STAYED WITH THIS TRIBE. SILENT LANGUAGES EVOLVED WHICH DELIVERED MESSAGES WHICH DELIVERED MESSAGES CLEARLY - FEATHERS, BODY AND FACE PAINTS, HORSE PAINT, AND HAND SIGNALS. THEY COULD PASS THEIR HANDS ACROSS THEIR STOMACHS. SAYING THEY WERE BIG EATERS. THEY COMMUNICATED TO FRIENDS AND ENEMIES THIS WAY . T5HEY LIVE WITH THE ASSINIBOINE. IN 1888 THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO TAKE THEIR LANDS IN FAVOR OF A RESERVATION. THE GOVERNMENT GOT A STRIP OF LAND 7 X 4 MILES FOR MINING.. THE GOLD MINING CONTINUES IN SPITE OF CONTAMINATED LAND AND WATER. THE TRIBE HAS STRONG VOICES IN GOVERNMENT. THEY SUFFERED IKE OTHERS FROM EUROPEAN DISEASES. THEIR TOTAL POPULATION OF THE RESERVATION IS ABOUT 2500 AND INCLUDES FOLKS WHO ARE REGISTERED.
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