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Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

Senators Tester, Cantwell visit Flathead Reservation Senators Tester, Cantwell visit Flathead Reservation

POLSON — From a listening session with the state’s eight tribal leaders in Missoula on Sept. 4, Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, and Senator Jon Tester continued on to the Flathead Reservation on Sept. 5.  “Jon said I had to see Montana,” Cantwell said, since she is chair...

Daines visits Flathead Indian Reservation Daines visits Flathead Indian Reservation

PABLO — Montana Congressman Steve Daines stopped at Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal complex to meet with tribal leaders and Salish Kootenai College President Robert Depoe III on Aug. 23.  On hand were Vern Clairmont, CSKT financial director; Arlene Templer, Department of Human Resource ...

Tribal Wildlife Biologists request information on nesting Trumpeter Swans Tribal Wildlife Biologists request information on nesting Trumpeter Swans

News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Natural Resources Department PABLO — 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 effor...

Video series addresses Native issues

News from the Flathead Reservation Human Rights Coalition POST CREEK — A free video series titled “Stories From a Nation Within,” narrated by Tribal Attorney Dan Decker, will be shown at Mission Valley United Methodist Church, located at the top of Post Creek Hill, 70715 Hwy 93. The seri...

Three fires pop up over weekend Three fires pop up over weekend

News from CSKT Division of Fire MISSION VALLEY — The Division of Tribal Fire battled three fires over the weekend. The Big Pine Fire was contained and under daily patrol. It was caused by lightning in the Hell Roaring area six miles east of Ronan.  The Station Fire was caused by lightning...

Tribal officers join crackdown on drunk driving

News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Police PABLO – From mid-August through Labor Day, officers of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Police will increase patrols in an effort to reduce drunk driving deaths. Police officers are taking extra shifts to prevent hazardous ...

WeTip hotline takes information on human-caused fires

News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Division  of Fire WETIP was founded in 1972 as an anonymous crime reporting resource for citizens and a tool to aid law enforcement.  WETIP is committed to providing the most effective anonymous citizens crime reporting system in the natio...

Fire danger conditions reach extreme level

News from the Confederated  Salish and Kootenai Tribes PABLO — Fire danger is at an extreme level on the Flathead Indian Reservation, according to Curt Matt, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Division of Fire. Extreme conditions means fuels have dried to a point where fire ignitions ha...

Mission Falls Trail closed

News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire and Wildland Recreation Program ST. IGNATIUS — Tribal Wildland Recreation Program and Tribal Division of Fire announce the closure of the Mission Falls Trail at the trailhead due to the Mission Falls Fire.  The lightning cau...

Fire near Arlee grows, community meeting scheduled

ARLEE — Fire officials will update community members on the Firestone Flats wildfire during a public meeting at 8 p.m. tonight, Monday, July 29 at the Arlee High School. According to CSKT spokeswoman Cara Cooley, the wildfire that started at approximately 2 p.m. in the Jocko Canyon on Saturday ...


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