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Commerce Department announces funding for revitalization of tribal languages
HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce today awarded a total of $712,500 through the Montana Indian Language Program to the eight tribal governments in Montana to support language revitalization efforts. The Montana Indian Language Program...
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Cold weather, snow sock in this week
Snow that kept falling and melting at lower elevations in this part of The Golden Triangle built up in the Bear Paw Mountains, allowing Bear Paw Ski Bowl to open for its 59th season, and weather...
Box Elder woman admits stabbing man
From the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Distritc of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Box Elder woman admitted Wednesday she stabbed a man in the hand and chest with a butterfly knife on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation last year, U.S. Attorney...
Obituary: Michael J. 'Big Mike' Corcoran
Michael J. “Big Mike" Corcoran, 45, passed away due to natural causes at his residence on Monday, January 6, 2020. Wake services began at 4:00 p.m. and a Rosary was said at 7:00 p.m., all Tuesday,... Full story
Car from hit-and-run fatality seized
In the midst of the community mourning the death of the 16-year-old girl killed in a hit-and-run crash Dec. 12, the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation Police Department said it found and seized the car...
Rocky Boy police ask for help in hit and run investigation
Press release Police are asking the public for help after the death of a juvenile female in a hit-and-run on Laredo Road near the intersection to Upper Box Elder Road in Box Elder Montana. The Rocky Boy Police Department responded 11:11 p.m....
Rocky Boy police ask for help in hit and run investigation
Press release Police are asking the public for help after the death of a juvenile female in a hit-and-run on Laredo Road near the intersection to Upper Box Elder Road in Box Elder Montana. The Rocky...
Rocky Boy's St. Mary's Church burns to the ground
St. Mary's Catholic Church, a historic landmark on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, was considered a complete loss after flames consumed the structure Saturday. The fire started Saturday morning,...
Rocky Boy announces election board vacancy
The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation announced Monday a vacancy needs to be filled on the tribal election board. A press release from the Chippewa Cree Tribal Election Board says the position is for an election board...
St. Mary's Catholic Church, a complete loss after fire Saturday
St. Mary's Catholic Church, a historic and sentimental landmark on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, was considered a complete loss after flames consumed the structure. The fire started this morning,...
Rocky Boy receives grant for senior housing
The Chippewa Cree Tribe received $4,945,214 from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to construct 31 new two-bedroom single-family low-income homes for senior citizens on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation under the Indian Housing...
Obituary - Morris St. Pierre (Day Eagle)
Morris St. Pierre (Day Eagle), 68, passed away due to natural causes Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at Northern Montana Hospital surrounded by his family and friends. Wake services began at 11:00 a.m.... Full story
Obituary - Morris St. Pierre (Day Eagle)
Morris St. Pierre (Day Eagle), 68, passed away due to natural causes Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at Northern Montana Hospital surrounded by his family and friends. Wake services began at 11:00 a.m.... Full story
Rocky Boy community center group moving forward
A group working to build a community center on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is holding fundraisers while it is working to finalize its organization and non-profit status. Chippewa Cree Tribe Eagle Core Community Organization is raffling off two...
Tribes work to move forward with health care initiative
Officials from Fort Belknap Indian Community met with members of the governing body of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and a state representative Friday to discuss how Montana Native American tribes can start working on and pushing for...
Guardians Project continues fighting federal program fraud in Montana
Press release BILLINGS — The Guardians Project anti-corruption task force welcomed Thursday top officials from the U.S. Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Offices of Inspector General to a meeting about Montana...
USDA invests in Benefis Hospitals Inc. Project for Rural Health Care Access
Press release BOZEMAN — Montana State Director for U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Charles Robison announced this week that USDA is investing in a Benefis Hospitals Inc. telemedicine project. USDA is providing the funding through...
Work planned to begin in December on regional water treatment plant
A project that will supply water to Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and people off the reservation in seven counties in north-central Montana is taking a major step forward. The Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee awarded Sletten Construction a...
Rocky Boy could see water shortage from line break
Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation posted on Facebook Thursday that the reservation’s water system was losing water at an alarming rate and the reservation Water Resource Department employees were having difficulties finding the break causing the...
Commerce announces investments in Native American economic development services
From Montana Department of Commerce HELENA — The Department of Commerce announced investments in eight tribal economic and business development organizations — one for each tribal government in Montana. The investments, totaling $160,000, will...
Rocky Boy offering workshops on recovery and addictions
Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is partnering with Stone Child College, debuting a Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families-Child Welfare Initiative workforce development program through workshops in November, starting Friday, 11 a.m. to 2...
Snowdance Ski Association is gearing up for the year and looking for volunteers
Snowdance Ski Association is gearing up for the coming season and is looking for a number of volunteers to help with the maintenance of Bear Paw Ski Bowl and the operation of the hill once the season...
Artitudes Gallery presents "Thru My Eyes," artwork by Theodore "Teddy" Koop
An artist reception will be held on Oct. 11, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Artitudes Gallery on the upper level of the Atrium. The public is invited to join Artitudes for refreshments, live music and a...
Morales graduates from Air Force flight school
Press release Leo Morales IV graduated Sept. 20, at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. His next assignment is with the Fifth Bombing Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base as a weapons systems officer...
Celebrating traditional history and heritatge during Native American Week
A number of schools and communities in the area are taking a special look into the area’s unique Native American history and culture for Native American Week this week, with some schools taking time in the classroom and others holding events with...
