Native News :

January 30:

Water reservations meeting Thursday

Baucus Presses IRS Nominee For Quick Action On Stimulus Checks

South Dakotan offers Indian-oriented anti-meth posters

Rocky Boy, C/J-I keep district leads

High-stakes Flathead water meeting canceled

Idaho Legislature to consider tribal fuel tax deals

No Child Left Behind Act is top issue at education summit

January 29:

Frigid weather blows into Montana

Claiming Indian Heritage Becomes Popular

State program opens private lands to hunters

Program nurtures American Indian entrepreneurs

Native American leader Heart dies

American Indian/Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian Housing Appropriations Chart 2008

Vetoing History's Responsibility

Wyoming congressional delegation reacts to State of the Union

January 28:

Indian leader hopes to boost ties with GOP

State's longest-serving legislative auditor to retire

Fort Belknap jail in trouble before it opens doors

Interior secretary's comments stir protest within Indian community

Grant to purchase buses for Glacier

US Soldiers Killed in Northern Iraq

New Yosemite Indian war: Tribes fight over place in history

Aboriginals tackle obesity challenge

Tribes worry oil pipeline might cross culturally important sites

Destructive energy 'Impacted Nations' combines politics, tradition and humor into art with a message

January 25:

Pass Indian Health Care Improvement Act now

First responders program lands grant

Winning artists promote healthy choices

Senators: Tribal health care lagging

Enzi doesn't get seat on Finance panel

Kara Briggs: Ending the cycle of shame

Warmth a precious commodity for reservation homes

Tribes, Fish and Wildlife Service working on Partnership for bison range management

Talks with tribes restarted

Northern Cheyenne Indian Nation seeks donations for Sand Creek Massacre project

Rare black-footed variety reintroduced on tribal land

Introducing our new Tribal Council members: Charles "Charlie" Morigeau

US official hears reservation residents' substance abuse woes

Norovirus shuts down Arlee schools

January 24:

Statement from Senator Tester about the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

Students participate in Indian Education project

Resolutions re. the Modernization from the GPTCA

GPTCA Resolution to the Interior.9.28.07

American Indian products selling big on the Web

VisionNet puts military families face to face

Poplar man given 15 years for killing cousin

Baucus, Grassley Write to 136 Colleges, Seek Details of Endowment Pay-outs, Student Aid

Cramped VA clinic welcomes news of more space

Custer collection, town to be auctioned off

Governor leaves Birch Creek papers with Blackfeet Tribe ... still unsigned

West End Wal-Mart evacuated after bomb threat

Rep. Shannon Augare files for second term in House

January 23:

Soldier's mother fights for his proper health care

Senate debates Indian Health Care Improvement Act

Native Fantasy League event to benefit UNITY

Brain trauma common in Iraq

Baucus supports national economic stimulus; Tester lays out conditions

King's message remains potent for American Indians

Gathered tribes hear some hopeful news on health care

Brazil Indian murders rise in land conflicts

Obesity Surgery Seen As Diabetes Cure

VA plans larger Billings clinic

January 22:

Senate to debate Indian Health Care Improvement

Access to Recovery | KULR-8 TELEVISION Video

Artman Invites Tribal Leaders to Indian Affairs Modernization Initiative National Meeting Scheduled for January 30 in Washington, D.C.

Land trust forum set for Crow Agency

Native Americans see their vote clout mount

Alcohol prevention grants given

The Cases - The New York Times

American Indian Policy and Media Initiative

State gets $3.6M for energy aid

Gazette Opinion: Investigate VA disability, mental services

Havre woman recognized for small business savvy

Tribal buffalo programs hurt by cuts in federal aid

January 21:

Senate to look at health care for Indians

NCAI president to deliver Indian Nations speech

Battles emerge for Legislature control

Stakes high in Blackfeet water pact

Coburn plans battle on Indian care bill

Blackfeet to get grant for alcohol programs

Wind energy hits highest output ever

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Being black in Montana can be a lonely experience

Legislators re-examine juvenile services

Symposium aims to spur oil, gas discussion

Area family fears a future without guaranteed water

January 18:

Project aims at rural health care

Declaration, human rights and equality

Cason: Historical accounting: Fact, not myth

GOP Candidates Silent on Indian Health Bill

Misconceptions slow tourism on reservations

Clinton plays gaming card against Obama

Belcourt's first bank is also first privately-owned American Indian bank in U.S.

Opponents challenge uranium mine expansion

BIA modernization meeting in Washington DC

Healing the hungry: Project offers medical care in the places the poor regularly gather

Senators call for inquiry into vets' mental-health care

January 17:

Blackfeet, state reach water deal

Hemoglobin count shows progress in campaign against diabetes

UND CONTROVERSY: Chancellor to schedule tribal visit

Training program equips communities in their fight against meth

Senate expected to vote on Indian Health Care Act

Governments form stronger ties

Public outcry stalls signing of Birch Creek water agreement

January 15:

Annual 400-mile run commemorates long-ago escape

Tribes win grant for addiction program

Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council given ATR grant

January 14:

Tribes to share $5.6 million grant to fight drug addiction

Mark Trahant: Interactivity informs our opinions

Health insurance costs sting farmers, ranchers

Tribes battle archeologists over bones of ancestors

Idaho woman renews tradition of buffalo hunt

Tim Giago: Sen. Barack Obama and the 'R-Word'

USD law school professor named AIS Institute director

Native blessings usher in KC casino

January 11:

Baucus receives honor for diabetes work

Ousted tribal chief takes dispute to court

Russell: An Indian Brown v. Board of Education ?

Native American actor, Studi, back with host of colorful characters for 'Lonesome Dove' prequel

NCAI to launch updated Native Vote Web site

West: Let the sun shine in

Adam Beach breaks barriers

Tribal economic relations in the shadow of NLRA

Tribal-owned casino opens in downtown Kansas City

Former NMAI director's spending scrutinized

January 10:

Traditional means: Man teaches ways of his Native American ancestors

They informed me that it was just the Blackfeet way

Baucus Comment on Report Regarding Rising Health Care Costs

Fuel-tax deals go to Legislature

Employees and pilots union trying to buy Big Sky Airlines

January 9:

Interior recognizes new tribal president

Morrison retools health plan measure

Drumming up support for health care

Officials discover fewer meth labs in Cascade County in 2007

Volunteers sought for eagle survey

New casino guidelines complicate Turtle Mountain plans

Schools event signs Huckabee

Lewis and Clark event moves to winter

January 8:

BIA to respond to ruling

2007 a deadly year on Montana roads

Baucus proposes ways to meet rising firefighting costs

Free anti-meth training sessions offered to tribes

January 7:

Aging facilities, funding, services top issues facing Billings schools

Start the year off right, building a healthier lifestyle for 2008

DEA finds prescription-drug problems on all 7 Montana reservations

What a year! 2007 in Indian Country

Coyotes don't come easy on the Rosebud

What Will Our Legacy Be?

More bison hazing a possibility

Tim Giago: The medicine of Michael Haney

January 6:

Tribal group among many seeking to be recognized by U.S.

Horse sense: Burns backers find end of investigation came year too late

Chavez released by Explorers

State provides funds for addiction treatment, including center in Great Falls

Exploring the secret life of Glacier National Park's winter

Explorers' future in limbo in wake of canceled game

January 4:

Governor Brian Schweitzer updates citizens on progress in Indian Country in 2007

Withdrawal from US treaties enjoys little support from tribal leaders

Single TANF fathers honored at Siksika Healthy Marriage Fatherhood Day

Senator Dorgan Discusses Health Care for American Indians

The year gone by - stories from BF Country 2007 in review

Sandoval: Beating breast cancer with education

Manno: Finding, teaching 'common ground'

Blue Bird drug case wraps up after two years

Tribalism within the new internationalism

January 2:

Data belies VA boast: Rocky Mountain region's mental treatment subpar

Suicide shocks Montana into assessing care for returning Iraqi War veterans

Guilty plea given in sex abuse on reservation

Official: Tribe committed to cleaning up dumps