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A bill to settle the water rights of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and restore land to their control is inching forward in the 116th Congress.

Oct 27, 2025 - Housing insecurity touches almost everyone in tribal communities in Montana. Its causes and consequences are deep-rooted, confoundingly complex, and often...

Sep 7, 2022 - An island range patterned with checkerboard land ownership, the Crazy Mountains are the backdrop to one of the most “vexing” land-use debates in the

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Who is in charge of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe? A dispute has led to arrests of council members.

After years of legislative debate, October 13 marked the first time the state of Montana officially observed Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a legal holiday.

“We will not let the state drag us backwards or silence our people,” said Fort Belknap Indian Community President Jeffrey Stiffarm.