Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Energy Keepers CEO to address Polson Chamber POLSON — On Wednesday, May 3, members of the Polson Chamber of Commerce will receive an update from Energy Keepers CEO, Brian Lipscomb. Energy Keepers is a corporation of the Salish and Kootenai Tribes established to operate Séliš Ksanka Q...
ST. IGNATIUS – Tribal Health Pharmacy is now providing bubble wrap packaging and delivery for eligible recipients who need support managing their daily medications and/or dosing. The service is available at both the St. Ignatius and Polson Health Center Pharmacies. Questions about the bubble wrap...
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have begun extensive public education and rulemaking to prevent the spread of invasive Quagga and Zebra mussels into the Flathead Basin. Invasive Mussels were detected in Montana in 2016. No use of motorized watercraft or boat trailers on any reservation water, ...
MOIESE – Decisions concerning management at the National Bison Range changed course last week around April 12. Legislation was drafted to allow the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to manage the range, but U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke struck down the plan last week. Zinke said he to...
Marita Growing Thunder continued her year-long journey to bring recognition to thousands of missing or murdered indigenous women by walking across the Flathead Indian Reservation from Rollins to Arlee. “I wanted to do this walk to bring more awareness to this issue,” she said. “And I wan...
PABLO – About a dozen women and men stood up to give survivors of sexual assault a voice during the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council’s quarterly meeting on Friday. The event coincides with the national Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which is held in April. It started in the 197...
Hope has come a long way in a year. The program, which seeks to assist mothers and their babies from the impact of drug addiction, had its first client in May 2016. The medical professionals involved in the program and others took time to reflect last week during a luncheon at the Lake County Public He...
Clairmont takes first in FFA livestock judging News from Montana Future Farmers of America GREAT FALLS – Over 1,600 members and guests attended Montana FFA’s 87th Annual State Convention March 22–25. The Montana FFA State Convention hosted 12 career development events, general ses...
Watercraft check stations open in Pablo, Ravalli The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes took action March 23 to issue a watercraft and trailer closure in response to the potential invasion of mussel populations that were detected in Montana last fall. Effective immediately all watercraft must be...
News from Energy Keepers, Inc. LAKE COUNTY — A monthly report of the Se̓liš Ksanka Ql̓ispe̓ Hydroelectric Project Operation for Flathead Lake states that March was warm and wet in the Flathead Basin. Precipitation accumulation was 7.48 inches, 223 percent of normal and temperatures we...
