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| | Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Montana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | Despite its sizable American Indian population, Montana is one of the most homogenous statesandmdash; nearly 90% of its residents are of European descent, with a large number of immigrants of German, Irish, Norwegian, Welsh, Cornish, Italian and Slovak heritage arriving in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
 | | Montana was the scene of the Native Americans' last effort to keep their land, and the last stand of U.S. Army Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer was fought near the present day town of Hardin. |
 | | As of 2005, Montana has an estimated population of 935,670, which is an increase of 8,750, or 0.9%, from the prior year and an increase of 33,475, or 3.7%, since the year 2000. |
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