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Articles with the Tag: Flathead Indian Reservation

Local teacher receives award

RONAN — Jessica Johnson, an eighth-grade teacher from Ronan School District, received the Montana Statehood Centennial Bell Award honoring the Montana History Teacher of the year for the seventh through 12th grade level. Born and raised on a family ranch near St. Ignatius, Johnson comes from homeste...

Tribes say water settlement will trigger new jobs, growth, critical irrigation projects

News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes PABLO – Legislation recently introduced by Senator Tester will not only bring certainty to Montana water users, but will be a boon to the state and local economy, according to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The legislation, which ...

Tribes receive redevelopment funding

PABLO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation $200,000 in Brownfields grant funding to conduct critical environmental assessments at properties containing damaged buildings and abandoned mills, dumps, and...

Volunteers needed for Mud Run

POLSON — The Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County is currently seeking volunteers to assist with their third annual Polson Mud Run July 16 at 9 a.m. at the Polson Fairgrounds, which celebrates the opening of the Polson Cherry Festival. Volunteer duties include setting up obst...

Tribal Health set to make Medicaid determinations

ST. IGNATIUS — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Health (CSKTH) is now set to make Medicaid eligibility determinations, and perform functions related to the eligibility process, in an effort to enroll individuals applying for Medicaid in a more timely and convenient process. This new authority...

WIND ADVISORY WIND ADVISORY

Sounds of music floated through the shop as files and drills in the hands of teenagers transformed short lengths of PVC pipe into native-style flutes at Polson Middle School. The instruments were constructed by students in Lee Cobel’s physical science classes as part of a Science Horizons Initiative...

Mushroom harvest limited to tribe

  News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Spring is here and the mushroom harvest season has begun. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes implemented a rule on March 1, 2012 prohibiting non-tribal members from harvesting mushrooms on the reservat...

Learn how climate change affects wildlife

PABLO — The Lake County Democrats will sponsor a program on climate change and how it is affecting Montana wildlife Wednesday, April 27 at the Johnny Arlee-Victor Charlo Theater on the Salish Kootenai College campus in Pablo. There will be a brief social gathering at 6:30 p.m. with the program beginnin...

Briefs for April 6, 2016 Briefs for April 6, 2016

Library to host humanities speaker News from North Lake County Public Library POLSON — North Lake County Public Library in Polson will host the Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau program “Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History: Women in Science” with Mary Jane Bradbury on Thu...

Students chosen for wildlife research program Students chosen for wildlife research program

News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes   FLATHEAD RESERVATION — The Native American Research Assistantship Program, a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and The Wildlife Society, allows students to learn and gain beneficial hands-on experience while working with wildl...


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