Tribal Times

Fort Peck Tribal Job Announcements

Tribal job vacancies for the week of October 29, 2020

DEA taking back unused prescription drugs Oct. 24, 2020

BILLINGS – U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme will join the Drug Enforcement Administration in support of the 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24. The biannual event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at sites across Montana. The event is an effort to rid homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and…

Tribal Council approve $19.7 million for 2021

Tribal leaders approved a $19.7 million budget for fiscal year 2021. During the first day of the two day Tribal Executive Board meeting last week, the council approved of the new budget, which Tribal Comptroller Randy Red Path said was difficult to put together with the Coronavirus pandemic. Without being able to meet one on…

Convicted prescription-pill-drug dealer gets over a year in prison

Wolf Point Walkingeagle gets prison for drug trafficking oxycodone on the reservation.

Tribal Council holds full board meeting without Chair, Vice-Chair

Fort Peck tribal leaders managed to have a full board meeting in the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman. Councilman Dana Buckles was selected by the TEB to serve as the acting Chairman for the September 28-29, 2020 meeting. Chairman Floyd Azure and Vice Chairman Charles Headdress are in quarantine. It’s not known if…

COVID-19 cases double on Fort Peck Reservation

The Fort Peck Indian Reservation sees an explosion of COVID-19 infections

California trafficker sentenced to prison for providing meth sent in piñata, peanut butter jar to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation

GREAT FALLS – A California man who admitted to trafficking meth for supplying almost two pounds of the drug, which was drug hidden in a peanut butter jar and a piñata and mailed to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, was sentenced today to six years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney…

Wolf Point man admits distributing meth on Fort Peck Indian Reservation

GREAT FALLS – A Wolf Point man accused of selling meth in a casino on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation admitted methamphetamine trafficking charges. Chance Justin Redstone, also known as CJ Redstone, 35, pled guilty to distribution of meth. He faces a mandatory minimum five years to 40 years in prison, a $5 million fine…

Tribes endorse Bullock for Senate, Graybill for Attorney General

As the election gets closer, candidates for public office seek to gain the Montana Indian Vote.

Tribal Health Director terminated by TEB

Tribal leaders voted to terminate Tribal Health Director Shannon Hopkins from her position with the Tribes. During the full board meeting Monday, August 24, 2020, Tribal Executive Board members voted seven to two to terminate Hopkins from the job. In favor of termination were council members Alex Smith, Terry Rattling Thunder, Emerson Young, Patt Runs…