Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
MISSOULA – Tribal officials said they will have to mull over changes proposed Oct. 27 by the State of Montana to a draft version of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact. The tribal negotiating team’s initial reaction to the document was that state and tribal officials weren...
PABLO — Eighteen wheelers, earthmovers and other machines, part of the $1.5 million school inventory, surrounded the new Salish Kootenai College building housing the highway construction training programs about half a mile south of Pablo on Old Highway 93. Offering a blessing on the new building and...
Record numbers of families have sought food assistance from the Ronan Bread Basket in recent months and the nonprofit’s leadership is hoping the community will help meet increased demand. The number of families seeking assistance from the Bread Basket has swollen to 250 households, almost doubling t...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD LAKE — A lake trout with a tag valued at $10,000 was caught by Felix Gauci on Saturday and was the cause for lots of excitement in the 2014 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctio...
Plans for shared water shortage in times of drought, irrigation canal improvements, and delivery of funds were debated by state, tribal, and federal officials Friday in a negotiating session for the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact. Most of the elements of discussion...
The eastern half of Lake County will cast their ballot for the Senate District 8 seat, which includes several counties stretching all the way to the Canadian border. Facing off for the seat is Republican Liane Johnson and Democrat Lea Whitford. Whitford is currently serving as Montana state represen...
POLSON — For such a busy place, Lake County Dispatch is deceptively calm and quiet. Two dispatchers with headsets are seated before two horseshoe-shaped desks placed back to back. They are in a 28 by 20-foot room with pale walls, industrial carpeting and two east windows that offer a glimpse of sky, tr...
RONAN — Cultural barriers and systemic inadequacies within the federal government’s Indian Health Services program make tackling glaring health disparities among tribal people infinitely more difficult. A consortium of tribal, state, and federal officials met Oct. 8 for a health summit hosted by ...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Natural Resources Department The Tribal Wildlife Management Program often responds to human/wildlife conflicts on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Most conflicts between private landowners and big game occur in the autumn and winter months. In an effor...
ST. IGNATIUS — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Division of Fire responded to a report of a wildland fire in the Pistol Creek area of St. Ignatius around 2:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. A CSKT initial attack engine was sent to the fire along with air operations and two Native American Crews...
