Articles with the Tag: Flathead Indian Reservation

News from the Lake County Conservation District Whether you’re a longtime landowner or new to rural life in Lake County, it’s important to understand how water is managed in Montana, and why it matters to everyone downstream. If you’re considering doing any work near water on your p...

News from Salish Kootenai College PABLO — Salish Kootenai College (SKC) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Michael M. Munson as the institution’s next president, following an extensive national search and approval by the SKC Board of Directors. Dr. Munson will assume the role effect...

Lawmakers have proposed two bills this session that aim to resolve a long-standing law enforcement dispute between the state of Montana, Lake County and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. At the center of the conflict is Public Law 280, a federal law that shifts law enforcement jurisdiction on s...

News from Dawn May at BigSky Public Relations FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION – The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) invite the public to attend a second open house event to learn more about the Community Safety Action Plan (SAP) project and the recommendations to improve roadway safety ...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Debris burning is closed for the winter months of December, January, and February. When the temperature drops and cold air blankets the ground, any warm air is forced to pass over it. In this way, the cold air can form a kind of cap. Smoke isn’t as free ...

News from CSKT Division of Fire RONAN – The Division of Fire officials want to update the public on the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes fire danger. The Flathead Indian Reservations fire danger is at high. The Flathead Indian Reservation received some good precipitation the last coupl...

News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte recently announced that Montana’s unemployment rate remained at 3.1% in May, near the historic, all-time low of 2.3%.    Montana’s unemployment rate remains nearly one percent below the national rate of 4...

The state of Montana’s May 20 deadline to release Lake County of its obligation to conduct felony law enforcement of tribal members on the Flathead Indian Reservation came and went, but as of this week, the local sheriff’s office is proceeding as normal — with one key difference. It’s...

News from Gwen Lankford, CSKT Executive Communications PABLO — On March 1, 2024, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte provided correspondence to the Lake County Board of Commissioners that the State of Montana plans to retrocede from the termination-era policy known as Public Law 280 (PL 280) on the Fl...

News from the Dept. of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior recently announced a $10 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to upgrade and modernize Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)-owned irrigation projects and power utilities serving Tribal ...