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The Native American Business Summit provides networking opportunities, art booths and advice for new and established Indigenous business owners and artists.
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A national commission earlier this month released proposed reforms to the way the U.S. government and law enforcement address incidents in the MMIP epidemic
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Later this year, Montana tribes will receive the first round of funding for water and sewer projects on tribal land from Congress’ bipartisan infrastructure bill. On Thursday, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and Lake County announced that the two governments will work to jointly fund road and infrastructure projects.
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The Nk̓͏ʷusm Salish Language School in Arlee is celebrating its 20th year of teaching kids about their culture. Nk̓͏ʷusm in Salish translates to family.
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Fentanyl has taken root in Montana and in communities across the Mountain West during the pandemic. And overdose deaths are disproportionately affecting Native Americans.
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joined the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes over the weekend in celebrating the return of a western Montana bison range to tribal hands.
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The event, organized by women’s rights groups Zonta International and the Montana Native Women’s Coalition, was the first in-person MMIP march in Billings since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior this week released a report that for the first time lists former federal Indian boarding schools in the country. The investigation found 18 sites in Montana.
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An analysis of the 2020 census's accuracy found it counted 9.7 million people who identified as a Native American or an Alaska Native, but the Indigenous population on reservations was undercounted by nearly 6%.
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A federal study of Native American boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 400 such schools and more than 50 associated burial sites.
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Dozens of people Thursday walked across Browning to commemorate a national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous persons. The walk comes as the local college is launching a database that aims to help resolve unsolved cases.
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Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes recently reclaimed management of the land that makes up the National Bison Range in northwest Montana. As the tribes resume their care of the land, they’re correcting inaccuracies at the bison range’s visitor center to better reflect their language and history in bison conservation.