Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
UPDATE: Wednesday, Sept. 24 The Pistol Creek Fire is only 40 percent contained, according to an update from Division of Fire. The fire is still at about 15 acres. No structures are threatened at this time. News from the Division of Fire, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes ST. IGNATIUS ...
ST. IGNATIUS — Time and money are short as the Flathead Joint Board of Joint Control tries to prioritize its involvement in four court cases and negotiation of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact. At its Sept. 18 board meeting, the board’s commissioners were divided on whether o...
HELENA – In a 4-2 vote the interim State-Tribal Relations Committee for the Montana legislature passed a resolution in support of the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact on Sept. 10. Some members of the committee said passing the resolution is important because it ex...
Speaker and author Elaine Willman spoke out against the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact at presentations in Helena, Kalispell, and Ronan last week. The Wisconsin-based scholar has studied Native American policies brought forth by the United States government and said that the proposed...
PABLO —Salish Kootenai College will now be offering Bachelor and Associates degrees in Wildlife and Fisheries, the first such degree program among the tribal colleges and universities in North America. Students in the Wildlife and Fisheries program will have the opportunity to study the biology, ecolog...
News from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service LAKEWOOD, Colo. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has extended the public comment period for 14 days on the draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed Annual Funding Agreement that would allow the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to manage an...
MISSOULA – The Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission brought several narrowly tailored suggestions about how to protect the rights of Flathead Indian Irrigation Project irrigators to a water compact negotiation session between the state, federal and Confederated Salish and Kootenai governmen...
POLSON — Rob McDonald, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal communications director, spoke on the State of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes at the Sept. 3 Polson Chamber of Commerce luncheon. “Relations between the tribes and the larger community are the best they’ve ...
It’s a typical family portrait; the child in the photo looks like he’d rather be eating spinach than getting his photo taken. Francis Stanger was about 11 when the photo was taken with his “grandpa” Bill Finley — who was really a great uncle — Marcelline Finley As...
News from the Standing Arrow Powwow ELMO — New royalty was selected this year for the Standing Arrow Powwow. They will represent the Powwow and the Kootenai people throughout the year. Marisa Shottanana-Ponce, 10, was chosen as Miss Kootenai 2014-2015, after competing against outgoing Lil&r...
