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  • It’s a fact: US Indian policy inspired the Holocaust

    (Editorial note: Growing up, I knew of the genocide our people survived. The fact I am reaching anyone from a Native American owned news website is a miracle because if the US Indian Policy succeeded then the indigenous population would be totally wiped out. History teaches us the mistakes of the past and hopefully we…

  • Symposium will showcase Native women fashion, art, and business

    The business-savvy designing women of Montana are joining forces for an entertaining and enriching fashion, art, and business showcase. Co-founded by entrepreneurs Cora Kay Chandler (Aaniiih), Brocade Stops Black Eagle (Crow, Mandan, Hidatsa)  and the Montana Native Growth Fund, the Big Sky Indigenous Women in Fashion and Art Gala & Indigenous Business Symposium is an opportunity…

  • Tribal elders included in $500 vaccine incentive

    Tribal leaders approved giving elders $500 as an incentive for taking one of the COVID-19 vaccinations. At the full board April 11, 2022 meeting, Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board members voted 11-0 (Patt Iron Cloud absent) to pay all tribal elders 60-years-old and older a $500 incentive for taking the COVID-19 vaccination. Last week, The…

  • Tribal water project given new funds from federal government

    Critical infrastructure investments will enable Bureau of Reclamation to provide potable water to rural communities 3/31/2022 Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022 Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation will invest $420 million for rural water construction activities in fiscal year 2022, as authorized by President Biden’s Bipartisan…

  • US Attorney’s Office commemorates Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month

    BILLINGS – The Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana join survivors, advocates, and communities nationwide in April to observe Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Sexual violence is far too prevalent, and it is important to not only to raise awareness of the myriad forms of sexual violence, but…

  • Wolf Point man who assaulted man in head with bat sentenced to 32 months in prison

    GREAT FALLS — A Wolf Point man who admitted to attacking a man in the head with a bat on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 32 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Harry B. Azure, 22, pleaded guilty in…

  • Minnesota man gets six years in prison for drug trafficking on Fort Peck Indian Reservation

    GREAT FALLS — A Minnesota man who admitted to making hundreds of thousands of dollars selling oxycodone pills while renting a house on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced today to six years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Jason Tyrell Lee, 46,…

  • Poplar man sentenced to prison for stabbing two people

    GREAT FALLS  — A Poplar man who admitted to stabbing two individuals at a Wolf Point residence on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced today to three years and two months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Dewayne C. Shoots, Jr., 29, pleaded…

  • Suspect charged for 2019 death of Fort Kipp man

    Manslaughter charges have been filed against a woman accused of driving the vehicle that caused someone to die. Jo Anne Sayetsitty, 34, of Fort Kipp, was charged with voluntary manslaughter and has pled not guilty. She is currently free pending trial, which has yet to be set by the federal courts. Documents state Sayetsitty was…

  • Tribes approve $500 bonuses for employees who received a COVID-19 vaccine

    Budget modification required to make payment to eligible tribal employees