Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
News from CSKT Natural Resources Department Montana Audubon, a state chapter of the National Audubon Society, recently announced that Tribal Wildlfie Biologists Whisper Camel-Means and Stephanie Gillin were selected to receive the organization’s 2016 Science Outreach Award. Stephanie and Whispe...
CHARLO — Every Mission Valley critter stood motionless as Stipn Small Salmon, a full-blood Pend d’Oreille Indian and elder with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, chatted effortlessly with children at Ninepipes Museum Aug. 3. Small Salmon asked questions of the children visiting from...
News from CSKT Tribal Health ST. IGNATIUS — Catherine Baylor is the newly hired Tribal Veteran Healthcare Representative for Tribal Health of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Baylor has completed training as a Tribal Veteran Healthcare Representative, holds a Bachelor’s degree...
Excited kids ran around Bockman Park in Ronan packing fish on Friday morning, although Brooklyn Chacon, 5, wasn’t about to touch her fish. The Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ronan sponsored the event like they’ve been doing for the past several years. “All you have to do is watch and you...
POLSON – The Polson City Council meeting was full of people waiting to hear how the council would vote on the resort tax and a proposed mill levy on Monday, Aug. 1. For over a year, the possibility of running a resort tax was debated where local luxury items would be taxed 3 percent for the next 20 ...
Paddleboarder drowns POLSON — Ty Kanara, 51, of St. Regis, passed away July 26 when he fell off a paddleboard in about 12 feet of water in the Indian Bay area of Flathead Lake. Kanara was with his family and did not resurface. A boater heard screaming and stopped to assist family. The boater dove...
LAKE COUNTY – District Judge James Manley ruled the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Montana Water Compact to be unconstitutional concerning a certain section regarding immunity. The Flathead Joint Board of Control brought the lawsuit against the State of Montana. “We value our const...
RONAN – Red, juicy cherries fesh off the tree are being sold by the pound to help raise money for the Boys and Girls Club. Several teams with about two kids and at least one adult are taking turns selling cherries at the corner of Terrace Lake Road and U.S. Highway 93, just north of the light, from ...
PABLO — While the National Bison Range Restoration Legislation is in draft form, public opinions are being considered. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes invited the public to voice those opinions on Tuesday, July 12, concerning the possible transfer of the Bison Range to tribal management....
Nearly 100 American White pelicans stopped along their migration route July 13 in a pond west of Highway 93, across from the Mission Mountain scenic lookout. The pelicans return from as far away as California, Mexico and Central America to nest in southern Montana waters on the far side of the Continental Di...
