Blackfeet Nation

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.

Co-host Lauren Korn speaks with Emmy Award-winning producer, director, and writer Megan Harrington, co-director of ‘Native Ball: Legacy of a Trailblazer,’ which premieres on Montana PBS on November 2, 2023.

$327 million will flow to tribes with water rights settlements; The Chief of Operations for Montana FWP pleaded not guilty to a charge that he failed to obtain permission to cross private land while hunting.