Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
POLSON – Representatives from Energy Keepers, Inc., NorthWestern Energy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the Bureau of Indian Affairs conferred on Aug. 23 regarding current and projected operation of the Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe (formerly Kerr) Pro...
POLSON — We are looking for community volunteers for the Polson Reads Program. Volunteers come in once or twice a week for 30 minutes to read with a child at either Cherry Valley, Linderman or the Middle School. For more information, come to our kick-off meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 2:20 p.m. in...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes POST CREEK — Tribal Conservation Officers are assisting the Tribal Wildlife Management Program on an investigation into a missing female grizzly bear in the Post Creek area. The investigation is ongoing. Tribal Bear Biologists were c...
News from the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center POLSON — Lester Powell (Les) Baldwin has been chosen as the 2016 District 10 posthumous inductee into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center. Baldwin, a man who shook hands to seal an agreement, always n...
News from CSKT Tribal Health ST. IGNATIUS — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Health is now set to make Medicaid eligibility determinations, and perform functions related to the eligibility process, in an effort to enroll individuals applying for Medicaid in a more timely and convenient pr...
NORTH DAKOTA — In opposition to the construction of an oil pipeline, tribes across the United States are banding together, including the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. CSKT signed a resolution on Aug. 16 expressing their opposition to the construction and operation of the proposed Dakota A...
Templer appointed to state committee HELENA — Arlene Templer of Ronan has been appointed by Governor Steve Bullock to the State Rehabilitation Council. Templer is the department head of the Department of Human Resource Development for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Val...
News from DeeAnn Richardson, SAFE Harbor Executive Director Rape survivors, whether in Ronan, Polson or a larger city like Seattle encounter significant difficulties seeking post-assault healthcare and medical forensic evidence collection. Numerous studies have found that less than half of survivors ...
ST. IGNATIUS – The election process got a bit more complicated recently concerning elected board positions for the Flathead Joint Board of Control. The board elected to cancel the last election because 800 ballots were not initially mailed out due to requirements that one person be designated to vot...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — On Aug. 1, Tribal Health of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes began providing the over-the-counter drug, Plan B One-StepR emergency contraception, to any female, any age, without a prescription. This is part of a continued effort to provide comprehensive family plann...
