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A joint resolution to recognize the history and trauma of American Indian boarding schools and ask for a federal day of remembrance was heard in the state Legislature Wednesday.
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Federal agencies announced their plans to reintroduce grizzly bears into the northern Cascade Mountains in Washington that could come from northwest Montana.
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MTPR’s Shaylee Ragar takes us on the campaign trail with the Republican western district U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke. Zinke's pitch is to champion core conservative issues in Congress.
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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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Fair housing laws protect many Montanans from discrimination when they’re looking for a place to rent or buy. People with criminal records, though, struggle to secure housing long after their sentences end. Some Montana organizations are working to change that.
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Interior announced the allocation of $29 million in funding to help repair aging dams in tribal communities across the West.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior Wednesday released a report that for the first time lists former federal Indian boarding schools in the country. The investigation found 18 sites in Montana.
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Last year, archaeologists in Canada found hundreds of unmarked graves of children at the sites of former government- and church-run schools for Indigenous students. Eldon Yellowhorn, who studies this issue, is scheduled to speak at the University of Montana April 7.
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President Biden announced his conservation goal to address climate change shortly after taking office. Earlier this year, he rolled out several executive orders related to it, including a pause on new oil and gas leases on public land.
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Interior says its five-year investment in wildfire resilience will help bolster communities and ecosystems against the mounting threat of wildfires.