Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. As of Monday, April 7, the 2014 Spring Mack Days with up to $150,000 in cash and prizes sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes has 12 days of fishing on Flathead Lake in the books. A total of 10,190 lake t...
PABLO – Tribal officials say more stringent rules for receiving housing assistance, and pharmaceuticals have been put in place in the four months since the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council promised to aggressively combat substance abuse on the Flathead Reservation. At the April ...
LAKE COUNTY — Proliferation of technology has created a new medium for law enforcement to track and investigate criminals but also poses a whole new realm of cyber crime that is at times difficult to prosecute, according to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin. Yonkin spoke at the March Partner...
PABLO – In 2014’s second quarterly meeting of tribal council, tribal members spoke out against the possibility of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes reimbursing Lake County government for revenue that will be lost once the tribes take control of Kerr Dam in September 2015. Thoug...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — While it may still feel like winter, some bears have emerged from winter hibernation and very few natural bear foods are available. Stacy Courville, Tribal Wildlife Program Bear Biologist, reminds the public that springtime on the Flathead Reservation, with its warmer te...
The bucket almost wasn’t big enough for the four fish entries of Bob Christensen of Missoula. Friday March 28 was the first of the three- day competition for the largest Bucket of Fish during 2014 Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake. Anglers mark or pick out what they believe is their four heaviest fish ...
RONAN — A 3-year-old Ronan boy was discovered safe and sound with his family dog four miles from his home on Sunday. According to Flathead Tribal Police Chief Craige Couture, the boy was reported missing from his home on Grace Lane in Ronan at around 11:45 a.m. on Sunday. He had been missing f...
FLATHEAD LAKE – The annual Mack Days fishing derby kicked off last weekend, but not without opposition from anglers who say the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ decision to gillnet lake trout this spring could be disastrous for the trophy lake trout population. For more than a decade t...
HELENA – In the past month the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes launched an aggressive initiative to curb drug abuse, but last week Tribal Director of Health and Human Services Kevin Howlett implored the state legislature to take additional steps that might help combat the problem of prescriptio...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Confederated Salish and Kootenai members and descendants are invited to participate in a University of Montana research study. Participants will be part of a focus group discussing how genetics can improve the use of medications in American Indian communities. Food and ...
