Fort Peck Journal ONLINE

Powered by
WordPress

  • Tribal Council appoints new Education Committee Chair

    The council changed the Education Committee Chair position. Tribal Councilwoman Roxanne Gourneau was made the Chairman of the Education Committee after voicing her concern over how the committee was selected. The Vice Chairman of the committee is Bryce Kirk. Gourneau said the Tribal Executive Board erred when they selected committee chair and vice chair positions…

  • Tribal Programs have deadline for all bills

    Tribal program directors have a short time to get their bills paid by the November 30 deadline. According to tribal committee minutes, all programs have until November 30, 2023, to submit invoices for payment. Invoices submitted after the deadline will require a resolution from the Tribal Council for payment. The following are highlights from the…

  • New Tribal Court Administrator selected

    A long time Tribal Court employee was picked to fill the vacant Tribal Court Administrator position. Twila Symanski was chosen by the Tribal Executive Board for the position, which until now was held by only one other individual. Tribal leadership were unclear if they had the authority to appoint Symanski, who was previously working as…

  • Poplar dispensary open for business

    After months of waiting, the medical marijuana dispensary in Poplar has opened it’s doors for business. Wild Sky Farms, a company based out of Glasgow, has been open for business for a couple of weeks and since it’s doors have opened there has been no shortage of customers. Donny Moran, Store Manager for the Poplar…

  • Fort Peck Tribal Election by the numbers

    Low voter turnout again for Tribal Elections About a fourth of registered voters participated in this years Tribal Election. Results show that of 3,982 voters on the reservation, 1,538 actually voted in the election this year. Out of all districts, Brockton had the highest voter turn out. At least half of all eligible tribal voters…

  • Tribal Council: travel is a “necessary hardship”

    Tribal leadership claim traveling on tribal money is actually a hardship. During the full board meeting, Tribal Travel reports were presented by the two most recent Tribal Executive Board members to return from trips to Washington DC and Rapid City, SD. Before giving his report, Councilman Bryce Kirk said he was happy to return home…

  • Tribal leaders vote to protect sacred sites after human bones found

    After a discovery of human remains were determined to be graves from over 100 years old, the Tribal Executive Board voted to stop development on sacred sites. During the August 28, 2023 meeting, the first motion of the meeting was “to approve to stop all on and new development on known sacred sites on the…

  • Tribal Council finishes second half of full board meeting

    Days after being declared in recess, the regular Tribal Executive Board meeting was delayed again due to issues with the tribal building. The full board meeting was scheduled to resume Thursday, August 17, 2023, at 9 a.m., however street work south of the Tribal Building cut the flow of water to the complex for the…

  • Full board meeting unfinished, recessed until Thursday morning

    Tribal leadership leave to meet with Governor Gianforte After barely reaching a quorum, tribal leaders were forced to recess the full board meeting before finishing all tribal business. When the meeting started there were at least four Tribal Executive Board members (council member Justin Gray Hawk, Wayne Martell, Terry Rattling Thunder, Shannon Martell) absent, including…

  • Love Has No Color visits the Fort Peck Indian Reservation

    Love Has No Color, in partnership with the Fort Peck Tribes, paid a visit to the reservation last week. The group, also known as ‘The Chiropractors,’ arrived from the eastern United States and stayed on the reservation Friday, August 11, 2023, and left the next day. Approximately 30 different people came this year and held…