TEB Approves Broadband, Land Buy Back
The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board held its regular, full board meeting on Monday, April 13. The board authorized Councilman Adrian Spotted Bird to resign from the Fort Peck Inc. board effective immediately and appointed Marva Chapman to the Fort Peck Inc. board.
The board voted to accept a bid offer of $74,892 from Thomas P Miller and associates to complete the update to the 2017 Fort Peck Tribal State of the Work Force Study. The board approved TERO Department’s Indian preference applications specifications, including that applications be done at the beginning of the year with an expiration date of Jan. 31 of the following year and anyone can apply through year.
The board agreed to give the Everett Jones family $500 for years of service of the Fort Peck Tribes.
The Fort Peck Tribes Livestock Emergency Plan was approved as the official policy and operating guidance for all tribal livestock emergency management activities on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
The board approved the purchase of the LoMac Poplar LLC property, containing approximately 2,511.71 acres, for the amount of $1,725,000 utilizing the revenue received from the Land Buy-Back Program.
The Fort Peck Tribes were approved for participating in the Montana Healthcare Foundation 2026 program for the period of July 1, 2026, through May 31, 2028, with a first-year budget of $31,302.
A request to submit the grant application with First Nations Native Food Security Grant was approved.
The board authorized entering into an Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity agreement with the Indian Health Service for construction services.
The submission of an application from the Spotted Bull Recovery Resource Center to the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the comprehensive opioid, stimulant and substance use, site-based program was approved.
A grant award from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in the amount $460,314 was approved.
A new contract with Teeline Instructions LLC for consulting services under the Spotted Bull Recovery Resource Center in the amount of $29,989.76 was approved.
The board voted to approve Certification CHAP Providers within the Fort Peck Tribal Health System by the Portland Area CHAP Certifications Board and affirms the tribes’ commitment to workforce development through CHAP. The tribal executive board acknowledges that PACCB will serve as interim certification pathway for these providers until the BASCCB receives formal federal authorization to conduct certification for the region. TEB authorized tribal health personnel and staff to take such additional actions as may be necessary to carry out the intent of this resolution and to support the trainees through certification process.
The board also authorized the CHAP request for technical assistance and coordination for Community Health Aid Program Certification.
The Fort Peck Service Unit directors’ recommendation to extend the contract period of Tanya Firemoon was approved with terms set forth in the contract and with a new end date of Dec. 29, 2026.
A new contract with Action Strategy for consulting services under the Spotted Bull Recover Resource Center in the amount of $29,000 was approved.
The election results of the Assiniboine Council newly elected officers and committee member positions were approved, including chairman Kayla Hentges, vice chairman Kris FourStar, secretary/treasurer Vikki Hopkins; committee positions went to John Moccasin, Curtis Forrest, Dana Buckles, Stephanie Knowlton, Jonny Bear Cub and Don LaRoque.
The board voted to approve Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. to deploy broadband in tribal areas, limited to only its enhanced ACAM broadband serviceable locations where deployment is required by the FCC and any other locations where the current footprint to which the tribes or tribal members request.
