Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
News from SAFE Harbor POLSON — People making a difference was the focal point of SAFE Harbor’s 2016 Community Honorees Celebration on Oct. 19 in Polson. As part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, SAFE Harbor had sought community nominees from the area who had made a significant c...
The Gray Wolf Peak Casino’s new facility is opened to the public after a yearlong construction project on the 34,000 square foot facility just south of Arlee. The original Gray Wolf Casino in the blue building is soon to be demolished for parking space. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes op...
Native Americans gathered at the Jocko Church to begin a journey that started 125 years ago on Oct. 15, 1891. “We do this to honor our people,” said Willie Stevens, Return to the Homeland coordinator. The 51-mile trek followed U.S. Highway 93 from Arlee to Stevensville to backtrack over the st...
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Bats are essential for healthy people, economies, and ecosystems. With a nursing female eating more than her own body weight of insects in a single night, and an average little brown bat eating more than 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour, it’s easy to see how impo...
Updated Friday, Oct. 14 NINEPIPES — Tribal Wildlife Bear Biologists, Tribal Conservation Officers and a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Conservation Officer responded to a call at approximately 2:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoon off Olsen Road south of Ninepipe Reservoir reporting that...
News from the Office of Emergency Management, Lake County LAKE COUNTY — The public is asked to please not call dispatch prior to burning as the Lake County 911 Communications Center will no longer collect information on open burns in Lake County. This decision was made working closely with the Lak...
Representatives from Energy Keepers, Inc., NorthWestern Energy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and Bureau of Indian Affairs conferred on Sept. 22, regarding the operation of the Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe (formerly Kerr) Project. The current outflow is about ...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes are seeking information on the shooting of a sow grizzly bear and her cubs in the Millie’s Woods area south of Post Creek, approximately 8 miles north of St. Ignatius. On Labor Day Sept. 5, tr...
POLSON – Homecoming took a wrong turn from the usual festivities at Polson High School last week when a color contest brought up issues of racism. Students participated in different dress up contests each day of the week to celebrate school pride. On Thursday, students dressed in designated class co...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes are seeking information on the shooting of a sow grizzly bear and her cubs in the Millie’s Woods area south of Post Creek, approximately 8 miles north of St. Ignatius. On Labor Day Sept. 5, tr...
