Rep. Denny Rehberg is continuing to push for federal
recognition of the Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians.
Rehberg introduced legislation to grant long-awaited
recognition for the tribe and received a hearing on the bill last July in the
House Committee on Natural Resources.
The Little Shell Chippewa Alliance's election went on
without incident Saturday, despite all the controversy leading up to it.
Tribal President John Sinclair — the man at the center
of the tribe's political rift — attempted to thwart the election by threatening
legal action against facilities allowing the election to take p...
The Little Shell Chippewa Alliance is asking the state
to continue to withhold any funding to the tribe at least until after the
alliance's council elections Saturday.
Alliance Chairman John Gilbert made the request in a
letter to Montana Department of Commerce Director Anthony Preite dated Feb. 25.
The state is withholding almost $9...
The candidates for the Little Shell Chippewa Alliance's
March 6 election have been announced.
Fourteen candidates are vying for spots on the
alliance's tribal council. The alliance is a rival group to the Little Shell
Tribal Council, which the alliance believes was not duly-elected.
Six federal and tribal employees on the Fort Peck Reservation accused of
stealing more than $1 million in a scheme that ran for 10 years denied federal
charges Tuesday in Great Falls.
A 13-count indictment charges the six with conspiring to steal from a tribal
organization and to obstruct a federal audit and other, related crimes.
...
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes are giving the state another
month to study the tribe's proposal to use gill netting for reducing lake trout
in Flathead Lake...
Another Little Shell Tribal Council member has
resigned.
Leona Kienenberger of Dodson submitted her letter of
resignation Tuesday. She said her move was in protest ...
With an abundance of dogs roaming the streets each day, the city of Browning is
facing a cultural dilemma over animal control on the reservation. The Blackfeet
people ha...
The Little Shell Chippewa Alliance's newly appointed
election committee is seeking candidates to fill all of its tribal council
positions.
A rival faction to Little...
The Little Shell Chippewa Tribe was set to receive over $600,000 worth of
federal stimulus funds, but state officials have decided to reclaim $417,000,
and that money co...
Native American leaders in Montana are asking for an
apology from Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele for his use
of the phrase "honest Injun" during a...
A Little Shell Tribal Council member critical of tribal
President John Sinclair has resigned.
John LaSalle, 62, announced his resignation Wednesday,
saying he is di...
An opposition faction within the Little Shell Tribe says two amendments to the
Montana tribe's constitution have been overwhelmingly approved by mail-in vote,
paving the...
Blackfeet tribal members can help write their new
constitution today in Browning.
A constitutional convention will be held today at
Blackfeet Community College star...
