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Lake County halts irrigation repairs, considers traffic problems

LAKE COUNTY – The Lake County Commissioners have put the brakes on further repairs or replacement of structures, including bridges and culverts, that it deems the responsibility of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project.  In a letter dated June 8, the commissioners asked Montana Attorney Genera...

CSKT chairwoman wants system of accountability in education

News from ACLU Montana The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Montana, and the Native American Rights Fund filed a class-action lawsuit last week on behalf of five Indian nations and 18 individual plaintiffs challenging the state of Montana’s failure to fulfill its constitutional mandate ...

Valley Views for June 30, 2021

To the Mission and Jocko irrigators: this spring, water users were sent a note about the history of homesteading the Mission, Jocko, Camas Valleys, which is also a historic record about the Mission, Jocko, and Flathead irrigation districts involvement in securing liens on land that formed the districts and g...

Fire danger increases to extreme

News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION ­— Hot, dry conditions and lack of precipitation forecasted have prompted wildland fire officials with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire to raise the fire danger within the reservation to extreme, effective immediately.   E...

Tribal Court Chief Judge Tanner passes, flags lowered Tribal Court Chief Judge Tanner passes, flags lowered

News from CSKT  PABLO — Winona Tanner, long-time Chief Judge of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Court and tribal employee for almost 40 years, passed away Friday. CSKT’s Tribal Council ordered that flags be flown at half-mast in her honor. Tanner began working at Tribal L...

MMIP concert fundraiser planned for July 5

 News from CSKT   Local artists and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have come together for the Fourth of July weekend to host a concert to bring awareness to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People issue.  Proceeds for the event will be donated to the cause by the Snowbi...

Fire danger ranked moderate on Flathead Reservation

News from CSKT  FLATHEAD RESERVATION —  CSKT Division of Fire officials want to update the public on the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ fire danger.   “Although we have received some precipitation, next week fuel moistures will start to lower as temperatures...

Lake County exceeds state average in vaccinations Lake County exceeds state average in vaccinations

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Health’s new mobile medical van was parked across from Super 1 in Polson Friday, offering free walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations. A pair of 18-year-olds stopped by to get their first installment of the Pfizer vaccine as a pre-college precaution, and a 14-year-old wai...

Fire danger elevated to moderate

News from CSKT  FLATHEAD RESERVATION – Wildland fire officials with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Division of Fire raised the fire danger level within the reservation to moderate.  Debris burning with permit is still open, but the Division of Fire urges all outdoo...

Mack Days week 8 results reported, fishing pole found Mack Days week 8 results reported, fishing pole found

News from CSKT  FLATHEAD LAKE – The spring Mack Days event ended May 16. During the eighth week of fishing, a total of 25,051 lake trout entries were entered, so far. The final totals for the event will soon be tallied.   Mack Days fishing events are sponsored by the Confederated Sali...


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