Baliisshe'aashe

Baliisshe’aashe, the Redwater River, flows through the plains of eastern Montana toward the Missouri. Its Crow name means Bark River and recalls the sight of cottonwood bark floating on the water. The river drains a broad area of prairie and broken uplands before joining the Missouri, west of the Yellowstone’s mouth. Its valley forms one of the many tributary routes leading into the upper Missouri country.