The Waconia Conservation Club took their annual summer high adventure trip last month returning on Saturday, July 22. This year, 30 club members and seven chaperones traveled on Amtrak to
The University of Montana was awarded $1 million through the Mellon Foundation to support Indigenous ways of knowing and Native American expertise in humanities, UM said Thursday in a press
Department of Energy Announces Tribal Grant Relief Due to COVID-19
BROWNING, MT – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary Mark W. Menezes announced the reduction of cost share obligations for financial assistance awards for Tribes and tribal communities struggling from the financial impacts of COVID-19. The Deputy Secretary made determinations on 28 cost-share reduction requests for pending or existing awards totaling more than $15.5 million in relief to Tribes or tribal entities across the contiguous 48 states and Alaska.
The Deputy Secretary also made determinations on requests from 20 potential applicants for Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (Office of Indian Energy) open Funding Opportunity Announcements totaling $5.6 million if selected and awarded, for a total of more than $21 million in relief. Additional pending determinations on requested reductions will further increase the total relief provided.