In a court decision issued last Thursday, District Court Judge Amy Eddy ruled against Lake County in an ongoing legal battle with the State of Montana over who should fund Public Law 280.
Two men who said they were members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes spoke Friday in opposition to two bills aiming to shift financial responsibility of overseeing felony offenses in the Flathead Reservation to the state.
The CSKT have largely had no comment on Public Law 280 thus far, and a spokesperson for the tribe confirmed Friday the tribe officially still has no comment.