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 ...

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 ...

BILLIINGS, Mont. (AP) – Montana’s Little Shell tribe appeared poised to fade from history in recent years after it was denied federal government recognition, lost its financial support from the state ...

GREAT FALLS – The Little Shell Chippewa Tribe sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposing to lease and operate the Hell Creek Recreation Area, according to an official release from 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 ...

GREAT FALLS- For more than a century, the Little Shell Tribe has fought for federal recognition, and now, a bill that will end that fight might soon pass. The State of Montana has recognized the ...

BILLINGS — Montana's Little Shell tribe appeared poised to fade from history in recent years after it was denied federal government recognition, lost its financial support from the state and saw its ...

The president of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe has asked a U.S. House Committee to move forward on a bill to give federal recognition to the Montana tribe after decades of delay. The tribe has no ...

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 ...

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 ...

A special interest's lobbying activity may go up or down over time, depending on how much attention the federal government is giving their issues. Particularly active clients often retain multiple ...

Members of the Little Shell Chippewa tribe are set to vote in a new council today, in an election marred by political infighting including the barring of several would-be candidates from the ballot.