Blackfeet Nation

In 2023 the Blackfeet Nation released bison into the Chief Mountain area along the border of Glacier National Park. The release was part of a plan to build a free roaming herd in a place bison had been absent from for more than 100 years. One listener wants to know where those bison are now.

Members of Blackfeet Nation filed a lawsuit against the federal government over recent tariffs imposed on Canadian products. They claim the move impedes tribal sovereignty.

Construction begins on a museum dedicated to the U.S. Forest Service and the American conservation movement; Road safety funding gets a green light; The Missoula Fire Department gets $7 million in federal funds toward expanding their mental health crisis team.

Internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has played for presidents and in the world’s great concert halls. Over the weekend, he took his cello to a meadow on the Blackfeet Nation, to play for bison in celebration of the tribe’s work to reestablish a free roaming herd.

Two Montana tribes will receive about $60,000 to bolster cybersecurity. These grants are the first time the federal government has helped tribes with cyber defenses.

The Blackfeet Nation is beginning to build infrastructure to improve access to clean water.

Glacier National Park officials are studying the return of free-roaming bison.

MTPR’s Austin Amestoy sat down with the filmmakers behind “Bring Them Home / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya,” which chronicles decades-long effort by a group of Blackfeet people to restore a herd of free-ranging bison to their ancestral lands.

A conservation group said it sent 107 bison to tribes in Montana, South Dakota and Washington.

The former spokesperson of the Blackfeet Nation has been indicted for allegedly stealing federal COVID-19 relief funds allocated to the tribe.