Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

The Fort Belknap community and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes filed a lawsuit against the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and its director alleging the agency is not adequately enforcing a “bad actor” law pertaining to new mining permits.

Two Montana officials are participating in a national roundtable event tomorrow about how to dismantle roadblocks keeping Indigenous people away from voting.

Under the deal, the tribes relinquished thousands of off-reservation water-rights claims in exchange for a nearly $2 billion trust to settle claims and improve the Flathead Irrigation Project.

A nonprofit is giving back traditional land on the Flathead Reservation. Taylar Stagner with Yellowstone Public Radio has more about the decision years in the making.

The State Tribal Economic Development Commission appointed a new chairwoman earlier this week. The commission plans to build up economic resources for tribal communities.

Montana’s American Civil Liberties Union and the Native American Rights Fund filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana on behalf of Montana tribes last week. The lawsuit alleges that requirements to teach Native American history in Montana public schools are not being met.

A lawsuit filed by five tribal nations and 18 individuals alleges the state of Montana has failed to ensure that K-12 public schools are teaching Indigenous history and culture.

The National Bison Range in northwest Montana is one step closer to being fully managed by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The U.S....

Native lawmakers in Montana say this year’s legislative session brought laws created without tribal government input.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are the second tribal nation to integrate a new Montana missing persons reporting website into their protocols when people go missing in the Flathead.