Community
FPCC serves the people of the Fort Peck Reservation and Northeast Montana by providing quality academic, vocational, and community based programs, empowering the next generation of workers, leaders, and citizens while being entrusted with the preservation and promotion of Assiniboine and Sioux Culture.
Ag Department
Greetings from the Fort Peck Community College Agriculture/Extension Division.
Our office is staffed by the Agriculture/Extension Director Terrance Gourneau. Our office is located at 301 East Boulevard in Poplar, Montana. Please stay tuned for upcoming grants.
Department Goals:
- To provide the training needed to promote agriculture as a meaningful and productive way of utilizing the reservation land base and coordinate other Land Grant activities.

- To provide Extension and Land Grant programming to the citizens of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation service area.
Staff
Our Audience:
The Fort Peck Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes. It is located in the northeast corner of Montana, and is bordered on the south by the Missouri River. The reservation is 110 miles east to west, and 40 miles north to south, encompassing 2,093,318 acres or approximately 3,200 square miles within the exterior boundaries. Today, Indian-owned lands account for about 926,000 acres, of which 378,000 acres are held in common by the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, with the balance of 548,000 acres being owned by individual Indians, including allotted holdings. According to the BIA Labor Force Report dated February 25, 2000, there are 11,070 Tribal members, with approximately 6,174 residing either on or near the reservation.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture Census in 2007, 687 agricultural producers were farming and ranching on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Of this number, 167 farmers and ranchers are American Indian producers. American Indians, with a population of 5,355, constitute about 50 percent of this population; yet only 16 percent of the farm and ranch operators on the reservation are American Indians. These numbers show a disparity in American Indian involvement in agriculture production.
James E. Shanley Tribal Library
James E. Shanley Tribal Library was named in honor of Dr. James E. Shanley, retired Fort Peck Community College President, who was instrumental in Indian Country Higher Education for 40+ years and a tremendous library advocate.
The Library opened in September 2012 in a brand new facility which has expanded including IT training area, distance learning classrooms, and IT department offices. The expanded library computer lab provides word processing and internet access, as well as subscription databases free of charge to students and the community.
The Library has been designated a Tribal Library by the Tribal government and, as such, serves the whole reservation population as the major resource/research center for students, faculty, community, and professionals. As an academic library, the Library will provide services and support for all courses offered at Fort Peck Community College. The library is an affiliate of Roosevelt County Library and serves all eligible county patrons.
The Library collection includes over 11,000 titles and 123 periodicals with periodical support added by online databases. Interlibrary loan is provided by a statewide consortium, which has made World Cat available online. World Cat makes library holdings from all over the U.S. available to Fort Peck library patrons. James E. Shanley Tribal Library is a Congressional designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law, (Title 44 United States Code.)
Anyone who resides on or near the Fort Peck Reservation or is a student at FPCC can obtain a card at Fort Peck Tribal Library. Children under 18 must have signed permission from a parent or guardian to acquire a library card at James E. Shanley Tribal Library. Children must be 10 years of age to acquire their own library card.
The Library provides community and family programming.
The Library has received funding and support from various charitable, federal, and state resources. A special thanks to the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the continued support. The Library has competed for and received federal grants. These grants have assisted the Library in full automation and several collection development projects with other libraries on the reservation and statewide. All these resources, as well as material contributions from individuals and other organizations and a general fund budget, continue to enhance the Library resources and service capabilities.
NIH Research
