Articles Written By: Tetona Dunlap
MISSOULA — Crouched outside of the arena, camera in hand, Danielle Schulz could not be more proud of her eleven-year-old daughter Lilly. Using a pig cane, Lilly guides her pig Dill Pickle away from other presenters and their pigs. Lilly looks over at her mother and smiles. Lilly and Dill Pickle were...
ARLEE — Poet Victor Charlo wrote his first book even before he knew how to write. When he was a small child, Charlo’s parents bought him a pencil, pad of paper and a gum eraser. Though he only knew how to fill the pages with scribbles, that experience ignited a love for words and storytelling tha...
ARLEE — Two days ago Linda Grinde and Victor Charlo did not know if they would have any actors to stage Charlo’s play. Earlier that week the lead actor called Grinde to tell her he had a prior obligation he forgot about before he accepted the part. “Oh no, he was really good, too,”...
ST. IGNATIUS — A few boys on bikes ride through the empty parking lot at St. Ignatius High School. In a few more weeks, students will once again fill the hallways and classrooms that are vacant during the summer, except for one corner building, the high school library, that also serves as a public libr...
ARLEE – Ali North listens as her grandmother Alice helps her piece together her pajama project to sew. Alice instructs her to practice a few times on an extra piece of cloth before she actually uses the sewing machine. They are using an older pattern and material Alice found. “It is probably f...
Two years ago Sharon Hawley was taking a walk and stumbled upon the Jocko Valley Library hidden in the basement of the Brown Building, the community building. Like others, Hawley could have easily walked past the building and not known that beyond the stairs leading below, there were shelves of books waiting...
ST. IGNATIUS — The Flathead Indian Irrigation Project is looking ahead to maintenance and repair as the summer ends and the flooding season subsides. “The streams are finally starting to slow down,” hydrologist Pete Plant said. “But they are still high.” Plant added that the ...
ST. IGNATIUS – Seventeen-year-old Rose Bear Don’t Walk was certain the timing of her speech didn’t go well. As soon as she saw the judge signal the one-minute mark, she skipped to the final card of her speech about the importance of the Salish language to the community, her family and herse...
ARLEE — Learning how to operate heavy equipment is only part of the reason Charles Sandoval feels good today. Sandoval is one of 24 students from Kicking Horse Job Corps who are donating their time and labor to help the Arlee Community Development Corporation’s Jocko Valley Trails Committee break...
Head judge Mark Heitstuman directs a girl struggling to control her lamb to circle the arena and crouch near her animal. Heitstuman then speaks into a microphone critiquing the animal and giving advice to the young presenter. He suggests that she should not completely kneel next to her animal but instead cro...
