As the Little Shell Chippewa Alliance prepares to seat who they believe to be the tribe's only duly-elected council, the current Little Shell Tribal Council is warning tribal members that this election could put tribal members' personal information at risk.
Third-generation Great Falls resident Jim Meinert was promoted to executive director of The History Museum and Cascade County Historical Society, board president Jeanne Pugh announced Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — Reaction among Montana's federal lawmakers to President Barack Obama's health care proposal falls along partisan lines, but there's hope that Thursday's White House summit to address the issue could lead to compromise.
Most of the $150,596 needed for proposed improvements at the Montana Museum of Railroad History in Great Falls, and the Black Eagle and Neihart community centers will be paid for using federal money if all goes as planned.
About $417,000 in federal stimulus funds marked for the Little Shell Tribe could instead go toward curing the state's budget woes or be re-distributed among other tribes.
WASHINGTON — Indian tribes would see more federal aid for health care and law enforcement activities, but less for housing and construction projects under President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion proposed budget plan for 2011 unveiled this week.
HELENA — Gov. Brian Schweitzer's decision to halt construction of a new Great Falls Youth Transition Center will not have a major effect on the existing program, a corrections official said.
Two proposed amendments to the Little Shell Tribal constitution passed overwhelmingly following a final ballot count Saturday, paving the way for a new election. However, the tribe's president said the amendment election and pending tribal election, which is being organized by a separate faction within the tribe, are illegal and won't be recognized by the tribal government.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the company's much-anticipated
iPad tablet computer Wednesday, calling it a new third category of
mobile device that is neither smart phone nor laptop, but something
in between.
