Articles with the Tag: CSKT

RONAN – During a nine-day project, the community came together to make an impression on kids concerning the dangers of using methamphetamines. The event was held at the Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County in Ronan as part of a national pilot project to hopefully reach kid...

POLSON – As the battle to prevent aquatic invasive species moves forward, what to do about sea planes may be the next issue on the horizon. Sea planes, or those that only land or take off on water, pose a particular problem: how to regulate them? “We’re trying to figure it...

The Blue Bay 1 and 2 fires that broke out on Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal land on Thursday, Aug. 10, were dampened by rain, cooler weather and cloud cover on Sunday. Lightning is the suspected cause of the fires which are burning in the Mission Mountains east of Blue Bay. Brent Burland...
News from CSKT Natural Resources The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council took action on Tuesday, Aug. 8 to allow watercraft with electric trolling motors on some Flathead Reservation water bodies. “Tribal scientists and managers are working with Flathead Basin Commission, State of M...

A fire burning 17 miles southeast of Arlee in Missoula County had grown to nearly 4,000 acres as of Sunday night, Aug. 6. Kristen Allison, a public information officer with the California Interagency Incident Management Team No. 1 that set up at the Arlee Powwow Grounds on July 31, said 363 firefigh...
Berry harvest closure reminder News from CSKT Natural Resources The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes implemented a rule prohibiting non-Tribal members from harvesting berries on March 1, 2012. A tribal member may have non-member children or a spouse accompany and assist with berry pick...

POLSON – One may not realize it, but Montana is a good place for manufacturing. Lake County native Paddy Fleming tried to get that message across to the Polson Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 2. Fleming, who has been director of the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center at Montana State ...
News from CSKT Natural Resources Wildlife biologists with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes began a project to restore Trumpeter Swans as a resident species on the Flathead Indian Reservation in the mid-1990s. Subsequent efforts resulted in the release of 264 captive bred Trumpeter Swans since...
News from CSKT Tribal Health ST. IGNATIUS — Tribal Health is going EPIC. EPIC is the name of a new electronic health records system adopted by Tribal Health to improve the delivery of health care services to recipients. To help Tribal Health recipients and staff understand what thi...
Pursuant to authority established in 25 CFR 163.28, the Hell Gate Treaty, the CS&KT Tribal Constitution, and the Tribal Forest Products Harvesting Ordinance 61 C; the following acts are prohibited on all Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe, tribe trust and tribal fee lands within the exterior boundari...