Tribal Youth Health Policy Fellowship, Deadline: April 6, 2018 – National...
The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) invites applications for the 2018 Tribal Youth Health Policy Fellowship seating the second cohort of Fellows. The cohort will consist of 12 Native youth from...
View ArticleMT-Sen: Sen. Brian Schatz (D. HI) Helps Jon Tester (D) Get Ready To Defeat...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D. HI) in support of his colleague, U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s (D. MT) re-election campaign: Sen. Jon Tester (D. MT) I wanted to send you a...
View ArticleBackbone of the World (Photo Diary)
The Rocky Mountains stand out from the Northern Plains of Montana and Alberta. For the aboriginal people of the Northern Plains—the Southern Piegan (Pikuni), the Northern Peigan, the Kainai (Blood),...
View ArticleMT-Sen: Jon Tester (D) Emphasizes How Repealing The ACA Would Royally Hurt...
Sen. Jon Tester (D. MT) Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D. MT): When it comes to how we handle health care in this country, I’m not concerned about politics. I’m concerned...
View ArticleND, WV, IN & MT-Sen: Trump Is Trying To Woo These Dems Into Voting For His...
Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D. ND) & Jon Tester (D. MT) These Democratic Senators need to hear from you: President Trump has invited Democratic Sens. Heidi Heitkamp, Joe Manchin, Jon Tester and Joe...
View ArticlePublic Lands: A Dam Day Use Area (Photo Diary)
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana maintain a day use area at the Séliš Ksanka Qlispé Project (formerly Kerr Dam). The SKQ Overlook The River...
View ArticleThe Stevens Treaties in Washington Territory
A treaty is simply an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Following the Constitution, the United States recognized Indian nations as sovereign entities and thus negotiated treaties with...
View ArticleTime for Truth: Hope, Reality and Bad Hot Takes from Special Elections
With South Carolina CD5 and Georgia CD6 in the books, many Democratic party members and commenters and pundits are advancing their own hot takes of what went right and wrong in these races. The DCCC...
View ArticleMT-AL: Creationist Greg Gianforte (R) Reminds Us That He Believes The...
Greg Gianforte (R. MT) Just going to leave this here: Greg Gianforte, the tech millionaire running for the Montana congressional seat vacated by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, doubled down on his...
View ArticleIndians and Glacier National Park (Photo Diary)
What is now Glacier National Park in Montana was an important resource and spiritual area for the Salish-speaking Pend d’Oreille and Flathead, for the Kootenai, and for the Blackfoot. The visitor...
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