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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 the COVID-19 pandemic. Gerald Gray is the chairman of the council and said that the tribe partners wit...

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 towards sustainability for future generations." Chairman Gerald Gray said the tribe expects to receive ...

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 sovereignty program. Through the program, crops and meat will be distributed across Montana to help combat ...

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.