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Snpaqsin Morigeau seeks to educate future students about the Bitterroot Salish.

How understanding our past can strengthen our future.

Acclaimed Indigenous author Debra Magpie Earling returns with a new novel.

The National Book Foundation brings National Book Award-honored authors Tess Gunty and Tommy Orange to Salish Kootenai College in Pablo May 2.

Inclusive programming was one of the hallmarks of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs meeting, which ran March 8-11 in Seattle and drew approximately 9,500 people.

Watchdogs allege the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest failed to conduct adequate analysis and solicit meaningful public comment when it installed a radio repeater in 2020 in a Wilderness Study Area.

I looked up into the starry night and a flood of emotions came over me as I thought about my T̓at̓áyaqn (Bitterroot Salish) ancestors who hunted this way for thousands of years. All of a sudden, snčlčlép (coyotes) began howling and I felt this strong connection to my ancestors and the bison. This hunt helped me realize the sacred significance of bison to my people and I wanted to find out more about these glorious animals.

A report commissioned by the MacArthur Foundation explores justice system inequities that cause Native Americans to be incarcerated at much higher rates than the general population. State data showed that Native people make up about 7% of Montana’s population but are at least 20% of the state prison population.

A report commissioned by the MacArthur Foundation explores justice system inequities that cause Native Americans to be incarcerated at much higher rates than the general population. State data showed that Native people make up about 7% of Montana’s population but are at least 20% of the state prison population.

Native Americans are also sentenced more harshly than other ethnicities, the new national report says.