Browning Montana

Lee Montana first reported homeowners in Browning received unusually high appraisal values and property tax bills last fall – some four times the amount they paid last year. Now, state officials are working to get refunds to Browning residents who were overcharged on their property tax bills.

Water is running in Browning, but should still be boiled for now, Blackfeet Water Director K. Webb Galbreath says. Firefighters Wednesday night quickly knocked down a blaze in the facility housing the Missoula Smokejumper Base.

Blackfeet educator and leader Earl Barlow died last week at the age of 96. Barlow became known as the “Father of Indian Education” in Montana for his efforts to recognize the tribes during the state’s 1972 constitutional convention.

This spring, MTPR's Ellis Juhlin and Katy Wade set out on a multi-purpose road-trip across northeast Montana to sit down and meet with those to hear what they wanted to share about their home.

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.

The Blackfeet Nation hasn’t had a shelter available as temporary housing for almost a decade. That changed late last year when the Medicine Bear Lodge in Browning re-opened as the Blackfeet Medicine Bear Shelter.

Nationwide, at least 103,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2021, a 45% increase from 2019, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 7 of every 10 of those deaths were from synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl. And overdose deaths are disproportionately affecting Native Americans

After the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians gained federal recognition six months ago, students from the University of Montana School of Journalism...

Imagine calling 911 for an ambulance and the dispatcher tells you there isn’t one available. That could soon be the case for many Glacier County…

In January in Great Falls, Stanley Weber, a former Indian Health Service pediatrician who worked on the Blackfeet Reservation in the 1990s was sentenced…