Articles with the Tag: Native American
PABLO — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, in collabroation with federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement and community organizations, has finalized the nation’s first Tribal Community Response Plan as part of a pilot project to address cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous P...
MONTANA — Montana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution is among the most efficient in the nation, but closer examination reveals a patchwork of systems among counties and tribal governments that will be put to the test as the state opens vaccine eligibility to all people 16 and older starting this mon...
For Women’s History Month, we are celebrating three indigenous women: Kwilqa, Pend d’Oreille, who became a woman warrior, brave and fearless; Christine Quintasket, Salish, who was the first Native American woman to publish a novel as well as stories on her culture; and Adeline Abraham Mathias, Ko...
Claudia Hewston radiates optimism, and it’s contagious. On a chilly day in February, she’s at the Polson Boys and Girls Club for a weekly mentoring session. During a session, one of the high school mentors in the 4-H National Mentoring Program that Hewston oversees is helping her mentee ...
Brits accurately refer to shots as jabs. Well, I received my second jab Friday of the Moderna vaccine, and am already looking at my world with a rosier gaze. As of Friday, I was one of 132,785 Montanans and more than 33 million Americans who are now fully immunized. Happily, I had virtually...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Three treasured interactive DVDs produced by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Natural Resource Department suffered a setback back due to technology in 2020. Productions including “Fire on the Land,” “Explore the River...
MSU News Service MONTANA — Montana State University will hold its 2021 American Indian Council Powwow online March 22-28, in adherence to COVID-19 restrictions. Activities will be held throughout a week at the AIC website and Facebook page. Traditionally, the MSU American Indian Council Pow...
The recent announcement of the Snowbird Fund, www.snowbirdfund.org, which, with the help and administration of the Montana Community Foundation and a three-person review panel composed of Native Montanans, will provide direct financial assistance (no strings attached) to families and friends of missing ...
News from Western Native Voice MONTANA — Western Native Voice, a nonprofit social justice organization, has been working since May 2020 to bring COVID-19 relief to their hardest-hit communities in Montana with COVID-19 relief funds, safety training and educational Facebook-Live events. Th...
U.S. SENATE — Two bills authored by U.S. Senator Jon Tester providing critical support to Native American veterans have been signed into law. Tester sent both his Native American Veteran Parity in Access to Care Today Act and Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act to the Presid...
