Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

Amid ongoing federal efforts to revitalize the timber industry, an annual intertribal timber symposium took place in Montana last week.

A long-standing argument over funding for law enforcement on the Flathead Reservation is over, for now. Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed off on funding to help Lake County and tribal officials transition to a long-term plan.

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Another effort to create Indigenous Peoples Day in Montana is underway at the Capitol. State legislation would dedicate the second Monday of October to both Christopher Columbus and Indigenous people.

Briefs: Montana's Medicaid expansion program clears major hurdle in the state Legislature. Gov. Gianforte meets with tribal officials to settle law enforcement funding dispute

Tribal leaders and lawmakers are supporting legislation that would urge the federal government to fully fund law enforcement in Indian Country in Montana, where they say agencies are underfunded at a time when reservations are faced with epidemics of drugs and missing and murdered Indigenous people.

Lake county turns down Gianforte's offer to fund temporary law enforcement on the Flathead Reservation. A car crash at Malmstrom AFB leaves one dead and three injured.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes joined six other tribes in defense of a new federal rule protecting their water rights in court.

Tribes get funding for a new food processing facility. FWP reminds anglers to be on the look out for the pallid sturgeon. Missoula County has a new health officer. Custer-Gallatin National Forest has a new supervisor. Maclay Bridge in Missoula reopens after recent repairs.

Highway 93 is a major thoroughfare for the region that runs right through the heart of the Flathead Reservation. One section of the road is the deadliest strip of highway for grizzly bears anywhere in northwest Montana.