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Spring Mack Days week 3 results announced Spring Mack Days week 3 results announced

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — 2025 Spring Mack Days week three ended with a total of 20,211 lake trout entries. Weekend totals were Friday - 1,939, Saturday - 1,806, and Sunday - 1,821. The Monday to Thursday total was 4,612 and the Friday to Sunday total was 15,599. We are off to an amazing star...

2025 Spring Mack Days - week 2 results 2025 Spring Mack Days - week 2 results

News from CSKT Natural Resources FLATHEAD LAKE ­- Two weeks of the 2025 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake are complete. There are seven more weekends left for anglers to come out and enter before the last day on May 10.  Mack Days are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Ko...

Find out if your family is up to date on immunizations

News from CSKT Tribal Health FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Curious if you or your family is up to date on immunizations? CSKT Tribal Health will have Public Health (PH) Nurses available at locations near you to conduct immunization reviews & administer vaccines. Arlee Community Center Arle...

Historic presentation: Polson Police Department receives traditional Salish coup stick Historic presentation: Polson Police Department receives traditional Salish coup stick

News from George Simpson, Polson Police Department POLSON - On March 3, 2025, during the Polson City Commission meeting, Polson Chief of Police George Simpson was honored with a Traditional Salish Coup Stick, presented by Ken Camel. The presentation marked a significant moment in the ongoing efforts to ...

CSKT released important information on measles

News from CSKT Tribal Health FLATHEAD RESERVATION —  We want to keep you informed about a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico and how you can protect yourself and your family.  As of Feb. 28, 2025, Texas had 146 confirmed cases, with 20 hospitalizations and one tragic death of an...

Spring Mack Days begin March 13 Spring Mack Days begin March 13

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE - 2025 Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake will begin Thursday, March 13, and end on Saturday, May 10, following nine weeks of lake trout fishing on one of the northwest’s most beautiful freshwater lake. Mack Days fishing events, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and ...

Public invited to second CSKT Safety Action Plan project open house

News from Dawn May at BigSky Public Relations FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION – The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) invite the public to attend a second open house event to learn more about the Community Safety Action Plan (SAP) project and the recommendations to improve roadway safety ...

State racks up nearly $1 million bill for tribal law enforcement in Lake County

Officials in Lake County have billed the state of Montana nearly $1 million this year to help cover the cost of law enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation, something local officials say is the state’s responsibility under a decades-old arrangement. So far, the state has not squared up its gr...

Debris burning closed for winter season

News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Debris burning is closed for the winter months of December, January, and February. When the temperature drops and cold air blankets the ground, any warm air is forced to pass over it. In this way, the cold air can form a kind of cap. Smoke isn’t as free ...

Local doctor graduates from Montana Healthcare Leadership Program

News from Montana Medical Association HELENA — The Montana Medical Association (MMA) announced recently that ten healthcare professionals graduated as the 11th class of the Healthcare Excellence in Leadership Program (HELP). A local graduate of the 2024 program, Bernadette N. Corum, M.D., is the M...


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