Tribal Affairs

Funding from the infrastructure bill passed by Congress and signed by President Biden earlier this year is expected to connect 1,700 homes on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation to high speed internet.

Law professors and attorneys said this appears to be the first time that pandemic-related laws have been challenged in court over an alleged infringement on tribal sovereignty.

A rare white buffalo currently mounted at the Montana Historical Society will be returned to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

Western Native Voice is part of a national effort to rally voters across Indian Country ahead of next month's midterm elections.

The Biden administration awarded nearly $75 million to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai and Blackfeet tribes Tuesday to expand broadband access on tribal lands.

Bills to make Indigenous Peoples’ Day a state holiday in Montana were introduced the past two legislative sessions, but failed

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.

The lease for oil and gas development is on undeveloped land considered the cultural homeland of the Blackfeet Nation. The federal government canceled the lease six years ago, saying it was issued illegally.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced it will be awarding Little Big Horn College in south central Montana’s Crow Nation $1.9 million to build a cultural center. The center will be used as a hall of fame, museum and archive.

Five-tour combat veteran Jestin Dupree works for the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes on the Fort Peck reservation in Montana. He aims to fill in gaps in VA care that often leave Native veterans behind.