While Montana is one of only a few states to have a dedicated Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force, the inability of that organization to accept funding has hamstrung its efforts. That will soon change thanks to a new state law. Brought by Rep. Tyson Running Wolf, D-Browning, House Bill 83 establishes a state special revenue account, allowing the task force to receive donations, grants, gifts

Roosevelt County Commissioner Gordon Oelkers enjoyed some success testifying for bills in the Montana Legislature last week. Oelkers testified in opposition of House Bill 420, which was tabled in the House taxation committee by a 21-0 margin. House Bill 420 dealt with revising tax lien and tax deed laws including revising the time for redemption by an interested party and providing that a

The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office has announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for April 29 to offer 11 oil and gas parcels totaling 4,266 acres in Montana and North Dakota. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in October 2024 and held a public comment period that closed in December 2024 on the parcels and the related environmental analysis. A 30-day public

This past week, we lost another relative and community member by an act of senseless violence. Many people in our reservation communities have cried out for help to address the sense of lawlessness in our towns. We have cried out for change. Well, I, believe that now is the time for all of us to take responsibility for such a change. We need to act now before another life is lost, to drugs, by

The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, along with four other groups, have asked a federal court judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit that the State of Montana filed against Yellowstone National Park, challenging its latest bison management plan. Previously, the State of Montana said that park officials and biologists had reneged on an agreement to keep the number of bison in the park

A program on the Hell Creek Formation will be presented Thursday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. by Daigo Yamamura, Ph.D. from Miles Community College. The Hell Creek Formation in Montana and Dakotas is a fossil treasure trove from around 68 to 66 million years ago. Some dinosaur fossils from the Hell Creek Formation contain preserved biomolecules such as collagen, yet what preserves these biomolecules

spot of visitors. Mahlum said he wants to make the park the showcase when people come to Wolf Point. Mahlum is hoping to have the park have benches and a walking trail. There could also be information regarding Wolf Point located at the park. “I really think we can make that an attractive area for Wolf Point,” Mahlum said.

When Alissa Snow began working as a lobbyist in the 2015 Montana Legislature, she was the only American Indian lobbyist in the building. Tribal nation representation within the members of the Montana Legislature has grown exponentially over the past 30 years. In 1995, there was one American Indian lawmaker in the Capitol – 0.6% of the 150 members of the House and Senate, according to the Montana