Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. GREAT FALLS — Prior to 2019, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians had rich cultural ties ...

Chris La Tray, a tribal citizen of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, has been named by Montana Governor Greg Gianforte for the term of 2023-2024. The announcement was made by the Montana ...

FARGO - It appears the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe's long wait for official recognition by the federal government will soon end. Members of the tribe will gather Saturday for a ceremony led by ...

After decades of trying, a group of Native Americans will receive federal recognition for the first time. The recogniton for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians is a result of an amendment that ...

One of her sons is among those who have died of COVID-19. The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana is building its health services largely from scratch roughly a year after becoming the ...

I’ve thought about Indians my entire life. I grew up with the vague knowledge my father’s side of the family was Indian — Chippewa, specifically — as my grandmother would speak of it at times. I have ...

For local tribal elder Henry Anderson, federal recognition of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana would mean more educational opportunities for youth and better health care for elders in his ...

Ever since walking out on fraudulent treaty negotiations by the U.S. government in 1892, the Little Shell Tribe of Montana has been a landless tribe. For more than 130 years they have sought federal ...

Some big news for the Little Shell Tribe. The United States Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, 86 to 8. The bill includes federally designating the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe. The ...

BILLINGS - In their centurylong battle against history, Montana's Little Shell Indians have been denied a homeland, deported to Canada and forced to live in rural shanty towns because whites and other ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — After a 31-year wait, the U.S. Department of Interior said Tuesday it will not recognize Montana’s Little Shell Tribe, a group of landless Indians who have struggled to stay together ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Commerce announced that three tribal governments in Montana will share over $122,000 in grant funding aimed at enhancing local tribal tourism assets and ...