About Big Sky Colony, Montana

Big Sky Colony is a Hutterite community in Glacier County, in the northeastern part of the county and inside the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. By road it lies 36 miles northwest of Cut Bank and 32 miles northeast of Browning. The colony began in 1978, when it was formed as an offshoot of the Milford Hutterite Colony in Alberta, Canada.

  • Founded in 1978Big Sky started out in 1978 as a new colony split off from the Milford Hutterite Colony, across the border in Alberta. Records list it under Cut Bank, the nearest large town, although the colony itself sits well northwest of that city on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
  • Led by the Wipfs in 2012By 2012 Big Sky was counted among the Lehrerleut colonies. That year Dan Wipf served as the colony's minister, and Paul Wipf ran its affairs as manager.
  • On the census map by 2020The Census Bureau first listed Big Sky Colony as a census-designated place ahead of the 2020 census. The colony falls within Browning Public Schools, which covers both the Browning elementary and high school districts.

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