In a recent legislative hearing to help shape the state health department’s budget, tribal leaders traveled from across Montana to tell lawmakers they wanted to reinstate a tribal relations manager ...
UM Legislative News Service, University of Montana School of Journalism Legislators Consider Allowing Resort Tax Revenue for Workforce Housing HELENA – The Montana Legislature is considering ...
Studies show that connecting with tribal languages and culture promotes healing, affirms identity, improves health outcomes and strengthens community within Indigenous populations. A Pew Research ...
Opponents, who outnumbered proponents by a 2-to-1 margin, said the bill violates treaty rights, infringes on tribal sovereignty and could undermine state-tribal relationships, including potentially co ...
This story also appeared in ICT Lesa Evers, an enrolled citizen of the Blackfeet Tribe, was the last to hold the position and retired in 2023. The position, which provided a high-ranking link between ...