Tribal Issues

House Bill 317 would cement federal protections for Native American children and families in Montana law.

The agreement streamlines the process for graduates with an associate degree in business administration from Fort Peck Community College in Poplar or an associate degree in elementary education from Chief Dull Knife College in Lame Deer to transfer to MSUB for their bachelor’s.

Hundreds of people gathered on Indigenous Peoples' Day Monday to dedicate a landmark bridge in Missoula in honor of a Salish tribal leader and his descendants.

Family Spirit programs like the one in Lame Deer are largely funded through the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, or MIECHV. Despite a bill funding the government through mid-December, advocates say nonprofits that oversee the program may have a year of funding left available at most.

For the second year, Montana State University in Bozeman is using the day to focus on the historical trauma of residential boarding schools – and how survivors are healing.

An Indigenous opera singer has written a song that she hopes will be a new anthem for Yellowstone National Park.

The GI bill has helped generations of veterans get an education and easy home loans. But that benefit has never really been available to Native Americans living on tribal land.

A trial is underway in Yellowstone County over three new Montana election laws. Plaintiffs focused their first arguments on barriers to voting in Indian Country.

In addition to a vendor fair Saturday with about 20 businesses and artists, Indigifest included two nights of fashion, comedy and music. Organizers hope to make it an annual event.

Montana's Blackfeet Nation is experimenting with a new way to detect chronic wasting disease in animals and toxic substances in plants used by tribal members for food and cultural practices.