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Here is a summary of Native American-related news around the U.S. this week: Interior secretary Haaland hears emotional testimony on boarding schools U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland heard from former students of federally backed Indian boarding schools as part of a year-long "Road to...

Residents of Arlee are upset because they feel powerless to stop a gravel/sand mining operation near the Garrden of One Thousand Buddhas.

"It did not feel like the governor’s office wanted to engage as deeply as we would have liked," one attorney for Lake County said.

Fort Belknap President Jeffrey Stiffarm called the ruling “another attempt to dilute the sovereignty of Indian nations,” and a “slap in the face.”

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced that it is partnering with The Cedar Cultural Center and Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) to present Welcome to Indian Country at The Cedar Cultural Center (416 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis) on Thursday, Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m. 

A new pit proposed by Riverside Contracting of Missoula could be approved near Arlee and the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas.

Early in the COVID-19 epidemic, I visited the Bison Range on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. But the bison didn’t get the memo about social distancing.

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.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council has announced that Selis Qlispe elder Tony Incashola Senior has passed away.

By just 74 votes, Ann Bukacek appears to be the winner in a four-way Republican primary for Montana Public Service Commission, representing the Flathead region and Lewis and Clark County.