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Democratic lawmakers from Montana’s American Indian Caucus entered the 2021 legislative session with the numbers stacked against them. Minorities within a minority party, Native American lawmakers often found themselves trying to snuff measures seeking to restrict voting access, limit the presence of wild bison on Montana lands, and rework public assistance programming. But there were successes, too. Native American lawmakers passed legislation to support Indigenous language education, and funding to address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people was again approved by the Leg...

The bills Governor Gianforte signed include: HB 230 Matt Regier (R - Kalispell) An act generally revising emergency and disaster laws; limiting the length of time for martial rule without legislative approval HB 249 Matt Regier (R - Kalispell) An act allowing for limited electronic advertising of marijuana and medical marijuana HB 318 Kenneth Holmlund (R - Miles City) An act revising wild buffalo and wild bison laws HB 330 Llew Jones (R - Conrad) An act generally revising laws related to budget stabilization and the budget stabilization reserve fund HB 340 Wylie Galt (R - Martinsdale) An act ...

Gianforte Scraps Plan For Free-Roaming Bison Montana officials are butting heads over the future of the national mammal. At stake is whether bison should be treated as livestock or as wildlife. New legislation and policy changes under the Gianforte administration are derailing hopes of establishing the first free-roaming bison herds in the state. It’s baby bison season in Yellowstone National Park. Tourists are pulled off on the side of the road, marveling at newborns a couple hundred yards away. One tourist, Kathie King, is from Butte. "Oh, the babies,” she laughs. “That’s why we lik...

Lawmakers seek help on Montana bison American Indian Caucus wants to reintroduce herds By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press Published: May 4, 2021, 6:02am Share: A herd of bison stand in a pen on the Fort Peck Reservation near Poplar, Mont., in 2012. (Associated Press files) BILLINGS, Mont. — Native American lawmakers in Montana called on the Biden administration to help craft a plan to reintroduce wild bison to the landscape in and around Glacier National Park and the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. The request was made last week by eight members of the Legis...

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 steps this week to allow for more straightforward guidelines for tribal nations applying to put land in...