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The ‘slow-motion genocide’ of the Chinook Indian Nation Federal recognition provides tribes with critical healthcare and education. What happens to the tribal nations that the U.S. refuses to recognize? Image credit: Greg A. Robinson April 1, 2021 From the print edition Before the pandemic, the cedar plankhouse called Cathlapotle would have been full of stories and fire. Every winter, the Chinook Indian Nation and neighboring tribes hold their annual gathering...

The Great Falls Tribune is launching Eight Nations, a weekly email newsletter on tribal news in Montana. In your inbox every Friday, Eight Nations will keep you updated on the latest tribal news in Montana while diving deeper into complex topics and social justice issues. You can expect to hear from Indigenous leaders, lawmakers, artists and community members on issues they care about most. Do you feel strongly about an issue? Is there something our coverage is missing? Eight Nations has a pla...

Standing Rock was one of the last two known fluent Little Shell Chippewa/Ojibwe speakers.

Arctic issues on the rise Raina Thiele joins the show Tuesday, she has worked in the White House and planned President Obama’s trip to the Arctic, the first ever by a sitting president. She has also worked at the Office of Management and Budget. Ducheneaux is the first Native American to head this agency within the Agriculture Department. To put this appointment into perspective, we reached out to Janie Hipp. She is the president and CEO of the Native American Agriculture Fund. Author: Mar...

Mobile dining room, Gladys Knight, virtual dance marathon: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama © Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Actress Julie Andrews sent a personal letter to Prattville Christian Academy theater students after the death of their director Joey B. Fine. Prattville: Mary Poppins is well-known for swooping in unexpectedly to lift the spirits of young people in need – just what the woman who played her in 1964...

Linda Watson draped a sweater with the words "Little Shell Chippewa Tribe" over her as she received the newly recognized tribal nation's first dose of covid-19 vaccine.

As the newest federally recognized tribe, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana is starting from scratch to deliver health care to members. While COVID-19 has been devastating, it has sped up the tribe's ability to build a clinic. Yet, lacking a reservation, the tribe faces challenges reaching its scattered members.

Moswetuset Hummock, 2020. [Mark Jarzombek] My wife and I, as relative newcomers to Massachusetts, decided to immerse ourselves more firmly in local history, and an internet search brought us to a website about Moswetuset Hummock. The next day, we drove to the South Boston shore, parked in a small lot, and walked up the hill. Heavily wooded, the hummock faces the Atlantic, backing into a tidal flat at the mouth of the Neponset River. It is not particularly tall, but despite ongoing efforts to dr...

Great Fall High School student receives "Spirit of Community" award MTN and last updated 2021-02-09 20:45:15-05 GREAT FALLS — Great Fall High School student Eliot Latray was recently awarded the Prudential Spirit of Community Award for his outstanding acts of community service. ”I saw in the Southwest, natives were getting hit hard by the coronavirus and I was just seeing if I could do anything to help the natives in my community. I’m part of the Blackfeet and Little Shell tribe ...

Montanas Top Youth Volunteers of 2021 Selected by National Program The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards honors Great Falls and Bozeman students with a $2,500 scholarship, silver medallion and invitation to virtual celebration for their work addressing the challenges of a changing world News provided by Share this article Share this article NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Eliot Latray, 16, of Great Falls and Michael Andersen, 14, of Bozeman today were named Montanas top youth vo...