Chief Plenty Coups (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) State Park and Home

Chief Plenty Coups (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) Home
House of Chief Plenty Coups at Chief Plenty Coups State Park.
Nearest cityPryor, Montana
Coordinates45°25′40″N 108°32′53″W / 45.42778°N 108.54806°W / 45.42778; -108.54806
Area190 acres (77 ha)
WebsiteOfficial website
NRHP reference No.70000354
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 1970
Designated NHLJanuary 20, 1999

Chief Plenty Coups State Park is a state park located approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of Pryor, Montana, on the Crow Indian Reservation. Chief Plenty Coups' (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) Home, located in the state park, is a National Historic Landmark with several contributing resources. The homestead was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and became a National Historic Landmark in 1999. The 195-acre (79 ha) property belonged to Chief Plenty Coups, the last traditional tribal Chief of the Apsáalooke people. He and his wife, Strikes the Iron, left their home and property to all people in 1928. The only museum of Apsáalooke culture in the United States is located here along with a memorial to Plenty Coups and his achievements.