Articles with the Tag: Flathead Indian Reservation
![Lightning starts fires around the Reservation](https://www.valleyjournal.net/photogallery/890/small/fire-ms.jpg)
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Division of Fire According to Vic Stevens, Ronan Dispatch, two lightning-caused fires started when a weather front occurred Saturday night and Sunday morning. One was the Dancing Boy fire located four miles east of Arlee. It burned in timber a...
![CME decides on concrete pipe for S Canal](https://www.valleyjournal.net/photogallery/774/small/cmeboard-sonny.jpg)
PABLO — The Cooperative Management Entity for the Flathead Irrigation District met at the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal complex on June 12. In reorganizing the board, CSKT Council member Leonard Gray was chosen as chair with Ted Hein as vice chair. The board heard a report from hydrolog...
![Tribes plan for potential impact of climate change](https://www.valleyjournal.net/photogallery/533/small/climate_change-river1-dm.jpg)
MISSION VALLEY — The secret is out: climate change is real, and it’s coming to the Flathead Indian Reservation. And the tribes are taking action. According to a press release, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have begun the process of hiring an individual or organization taske...
HELENA — Whether or not a proposed water compact for the Flathead Reservation will be finalized is now up to the state legislature following a Tuesday night meeting of the Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission at the state capitol. The nine-member water commission approved the compact,...
![Valley a hotbed of interest in water compact](https://www.valleyjournal.net/photogallery/526/small/water%20rights-Buf%20bridgeBT.jpg)
The water rights compact proposed and negotiated by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the United States and the State of Montana affects every person in Lake County, as well as those in several surrounding counties. Since the compact is such a once-in-a-lifetime event, everyone has an opi...