Between preparing for Valentines Day and a new year, students of the Bigger Sky Kids had their hands busy last week. Barbara Olson, program director, said students made valentines pillows out of fleece during instruction at the after-school program last week. In addition, cards were created to bring to either Faith Home residents or family members. But Valentines Day wasn’t the only special

Fort Peck Tribes Cultural Resources Department Director Dyan Youpee oversaw the signing of important documents related to the repatriation of two deceased Tribal members Jan. 31 in Poplar. Youpee is also the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Native American Repatriation Review Committee appointee from the Tribes. Michael Redstone, a descendant of Christine Redstone,

An ongoing project that aims to help Indigenous people prosper alongside buffalo at the Fort Peck Indian Reservation has received a fouryear, $5 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes. The grant was awarded by the America the Beautiful Challenge program, with funding support from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Robert Magnan,

Superintendent Dan Schmidt received a star quilt for the Poplar School District from the Gourneau family in memory of the late Frank Gourneau Jr., who was an athlete and a longtime, dedicated fan of the Indians. (Photo by Bill Vander Weele)