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The commission charged with redrawing Montana into 150 legislative districts is touring the state to gather public comment on maps drawn by Republicans and Democrats. During a stop in Pablo, some residents pushed back against proposals they say will dilute the Native vote.
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A trial is underway in Yellowstone County over three new Montana election laws. Plaintiffs focused their first arguments on barriers to voting in Indian Country.
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The U.S. Supreme Court last month issued a decision that allows states to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Native Americans in Indian country. MTPR’s Freddy Monares spoke with Indian law attorneys to break down the ruling.
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Thousands of acres of private timberlands in northwest Montana are now part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The U.S Interior Department announced the expansion Wednesday.
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One side effect of Montana’s growing population is more conflicts between people and wildlife. To meet these new challenges, wildlife managers, and the academic programs that trained, them are adapting.
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Incashola, who died earlier this week at the age of 76, was a key figure in the cultural revival on the Flathead Reservation in the 1970s. He served on the Séliš-Ql̓ispé cultural committee for decades and held the role of committee director since 1995.
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A large data center could be built near Polson in the coming years, according to a proposal pitched by entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary during a technology summit in Bozeman this week. O’Leary’s investment firm is working on the potential project with the Bitcoin mining company Bit Zero and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
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Later this year, Montana tribes will receive the first round of funding for water and sewer projects on tribal land from Congress’ bipartisan infrastructure bill. On Thursday, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and Lake County announced that the two governments will work to jointly fund road and infrastructure projects.
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over the weekend joined the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in celebrating the return of a western Montana bison range to tribal hands.
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Deb Haaland, the first Native American U.S. Secretary of the Interior, will be in western Montana Saturday to help celebrate the return of the Bison Range to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.