Attorney General Austin Knudsen committed to Lake County Commissioners on Monday he would support legislation to fund law enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation and would serve as a mediator between the county and the governor’s office. Knudsen said he’s met with the governor’s office on the issue of funding public safety in Lake County, […] The post Attorney General commits to supporting funds for Flathead Reservation law enforcement appeared first on Daily Montanan.
Danna Jackson, a Kootenai descandant who grew up in Montana on the Flathead Reservation, was nominated by President Joe Biden on Wednesday to become a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Jackson, who has spent much of her legal career focused on Indian law and natural resources, must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. If confirmed, Jackson would be the fifth active Native American federal district court judge in the country, the fifth in the history of the federal judiciary, and the first Native American federal judge in Montana.
In September 2020, 80 percent of Native artifacts were destroyed in a fire at The Peoples Center in Pablo.Those beloved items of the Confederated Salish and Koo
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes received a $50,000 grant from the Montana Department of Commerce to modify The Bison on Flathead Lake.The Montana De