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Listen • 1:43 Last week, the Little Shell Tribal Council announced a new food sovereignty program to help out tribal members all over the state of Montana. The program will raise cattle and grow vegetables to provide healthier diets for their community. The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa bought around 750 acres of co-op farmland in the historic Hill 57 area of Great Falls. The project is funded by the CARES Act in order to help increase access to nutritious foods during th...

View Comments The Little Shell Tribe on Friday announced the launch of its food sovereignty program, where the tribe will grow crops and raise cattle to address food insecurity within the community and its neighbors.  Funding for the program was secured through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Clarence Sivertsen, first vice-chair of the tribe, said the council established the program to support tribal members and neighbors amid the ongoing pandemic "but with the eye tow...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - The "Landless Indians” was a nickname given to the Little Shell Tribe due to a lack of recognition by the federal government. For years their people had been pushed to the outskirts of Great Falls and were left with nothing to call home. On Friday, however, all of that changed as a prayer was said and the tribe’s chairman announced the purchase of Hill 57 and the surrounding land. The area will be used to raise cattle and grow winter wheat for the new food soverei...

In the rugged badlands of Eastern Montana lies a diamond in the rough, Hell Creek State Park.

The Little Shell used much of its $25 million in CARES Act funding to build a health center of their own, for their own.

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Little Shell Tribal Health The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa put much of its CARES Act aid toward a new tribal health clinic in Great Falls, Montana. Many tribal leaders are used to stretching every dollar that comes their way. Last year, they were faced with a different problem: millions in badly needed aid money, and not enough time to spend it. "The money came at us quick, and it was a flurry," said Karen Snyder, who coordinates pandemic response for the Eastern Shoshone Tribe in Wyoming....

Listen to an audio version of this story. Many tribal leaders are used to stretching every dollar that comes their way. Last year, they were faced with a different problem: millions in badly needed aid money, and not enough time to spend it. "The money came at us quick, and it was a flurry," said Karen Snyder, who coordinates pandemic response for the Eastern Shoshone Tribe in Wyoming. "We had to act fast in order to get it out the door." Starting in late spring 2020, the Eastern Shoshone Trib...

Apr 28, 2021 Interior Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The federal agency announced new processes to “untangle” and advance the process of putting land into trust Aliyah Chavez After hearing some tribes completed fee to trust applications, then waited years to hear back, the U.S. Department of Interior is deciding to take action. The agency announced major ste...

Indian Health Service acting director visits Great Falls clinics Indian Health Service acting director visits Great Falls clinic and last updated 2021-04-07 19:22:19-04 GREAT FALLS — Elizabeth Fowler, the acting director of the Indian Health Service agency, is spending some time in Montana this week, including a visit to the Indian Family Health Clinic in Great Falls. "Im impressed with your operation here,” Fowler said. She was quick to note her approval of the clinic when she took t...