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Box Elder Schools are open today after an unexpected closure due to a “foreign substance” found in the building that necessitated its shutdown Friday A release put out by the school Sunday said that the school has been thoroughly cleaned and a release a few days ago said that more details on the situation will be made available at a 5 p.m. meeting of the Box Elder School Board tonight. “Thank you to the Chippewa-Cree Housing Authority and Public Health Department for working with Box Elder Schools after the report of a forei...
Press release Stockman Bank, a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, has announced that 11 Montana organizations including the Chippewa Cree Housing Authority on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana were chosen to receive Competitive Affordable Housing Program grants totaling $920,000 dollars, to help Montana families find a safe and affordable place to call home. Chippewa Cree Housing Authority and the Little Shell each are receiving $80,000 through the p...
A candlelight prayer vigil was held at Box Elder Friday, just more than a week after two Rocky Boy men died in a shooting there, and organizers hope the event will provide comfort and strength to families and a chance to mourn for the lost. The event's main organizer, Chaplain Bruce Meyers, said they had been planning an event like this for some time, but it is especially important now because of what happened late last month. About 1:30 a.m. Thursday, March 28, two Rocky Boy...
Leona Madeline (Oats) Swan, Wîhkaskwa 'Skwew Kamik (Sweetgrass Lodge Woman), 69, passed away March 26, 2024. Wake services will begin at 3 p.m. today, March 28, 2024, and will continue until her funeral service, which will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 29, 2024, all at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Leona's online memorial page to send a card or leave... Full story
Havre Daily News staff Chippewa Cree Business Committee at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation announced in a Facebook post Wednesday that it hired Harold Monteau to serve as chief judge and Duane Gopher as associate judge Thursday, Feb. 1. Monteau and Gopher were sworn in as judges Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Monteau and Gopher each have a Juris Doctorate degree and have years of experience serving as judges.... Full story
Our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother left us January 21st, 2024. Betty Lee "Tootsie" Henderson was born May 17th, 1947. She met Eugene LaMere in her younger years and together they had five children. Betty Lee enjoyed beading and playing bingo. You would always find her with Cigs and a Coca Cola. She managed to live her whole life without a driver's license, but she even made it to Canada. She enjoyed spending time with her children and all her grandchildren.... Full story
Our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother left us January 21st, 2024. Betty Lee "Tootsie" Henderson was born May 17th, 1947. She met Eugene LaMere in her younger years and together they had five children. Betty Lee enjoyed beading and playing bingo. You would always find her with Cigs and a Coca Cola. She managed to live her whole life without a driver's license, but she even made it to Canada. She enjoyed spending time with her children and her all her... Full story
Sonya Well-Off-Man, an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe, graduated from the prestigious California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in music technology and and a minor in digital arts. She finished fall semester 2023 with a 4.00 GPA. Sonya is the daughter of John and Manuela Well-Off-Man....
Press release Inga Well-Off-Man, daughter of Manuela and John Well-Off-Man, will present on “A Culturally Responsive Approach to Teaching Indigenous Music to Beginning Violinists” at the American String Teachers Association conference in Kentucky in March. Her presentation also discusses Montana’s Indian Education for All program related to music education. Inga Well-Off-Man graduated with a master’s degree in violin and music pedagogy from University of Colorado Boulder, and is an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tr...
Anne Cantrell MSU News Service BOZEMAN - When Georgeline Morsette crosses the stage in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse today during Montana State University's 139th commencement ceremony, she'll celebrate earning a bachelor's degree and entering a new chapter of life, one where she looks forward to working as an art educator in Montana. The ceremony will be the culmination of Morsette's college career at MSU in which she has successfully completed her coursework, charted a...
Local law enforcement is still looking for a Havre girl who was reported missing Saturday, despite the girl's mother saying she has been contacted by her daughter. Elianna Hay, 17, who was last seen Oct. 27 around 9 p.m. was reported missing by her family after not returning home and Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said Monday that they were still looking for her. Midday Tuesday, Danelle Hay, Elianna Hay's mother, posted on Facebook saying she had been in contact with her...
A Havre girl was reported missing Saturday, after her family reported the disappearance of Elianna Hay, 17, who was last seen Oct. 27 around 9 p.m. Havre Police Sergeant Justin Gomke said Hay didn't come home to her residence and Havre Police are actively looking for her. Gomke said Hay has been entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. A Facebook post from Chippewa Cree Law Enforcement Sunday says Hay is 165 pounds, 5-foot-4 and has straight black...
Press release The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center announced their 16th class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame, including legacy inductee Clarence Cuts the Rope of Hays and living inductee Leon Lasalle of Laredo. The inductees were chosen from a field of candidates nominated by the general public. Inductees are honored for their notable contributions to the history and culture of Montana. "The Hall of Fame exists to honor those who...
As litigation continues to hold Montana’s recently passed charter school bill in limbo, a pair of local Native American leaders have intervened in the case to voice their support for the bill, detailing their plans for advancing language and cultural studies for Native American students they argue isn’t possible without the new law. House Bill 562 allows for the establishment of “community choice” schools with the approval of a local authorized school board or an autonomous state commission, schools that would be eligibl...
Out our way, there are two critters even ole Doc backs down from: a bull on the fight and an angry mama cow protecting her calf. I have seen what a bull can do — Charlie and I found one in an arroyo with a broken leg after another bull went after him in rut season. He was so torn up we had to shoot him and later haul out the carcass with a big truck. Although much smaller, I have also seen a cow on the fight, and, between the two, I think the bull is less terrifying. I know I have shared this story before, but even e...
Our prettiest, Charleese Faye Burkybile, 19, passed away Monday, August 7, 2023, at her home in Rocky Boy, Montana. Her wake service began Tuesday night, and funeral services were today, Aug. 16, 2023, at 10 a.m., all at Bob Murie Residence on Parker School Road in Rocky Boy. Please visit her online memorial page to send a card or leave a message of condolence for her family at https://www.hollandbonine.com. Charleese was born August 31, 2004, in Yakima, Washington, to... Full story
A new facility intended to bring wellness and culture to Rocky Boy by working with its youth took a major step forward last week. The Rocky Boy Health Center broke ground on its new Miyo Pimatisiwinkamik Youth Center in a Thursday-morning ceremony last week with speakers sharing their hopes for the center and how it will help local young people, especially those struggling with addiction. "It's a big day for the tribe, a big day for our people," said Chippewa Cree Business...
Watch for more on the ceremony in an upcoming edition of Havre Daily News. The Rocky Boy Health Center broke ground on its new Youth Wellness Center in a Thursday morning ceremony with speakers sharing their hopes for the center and how it will help local young people, especially those struggling with addiction. Health Center staff and tribal leaders spoke at the event before members of the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation's Tribal Youth Council put shovels in the ground, the...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Montana is touting $20 million in investments it has made to improve rural health care in the state, with more than half of that here in this part of north-central Montana and another providing services in this region. Rural Development State Director Kathleen Williams announced in a release last week a total of $20 million in recent investments in 11 public organizations, non-profits, and rural health care facilities in Montana through the Emergency Rural Health Care grant...
The Rocky Boys Annual Celebration starts at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation this week, with events for youths and adults, competitors and spectators alike, starting with the Youth Rodeo Wednesday, Rocky Boy Rodeo Team Roping Jackpot and Youth Powwow Thursday, and the main powwow and rodeo starting Friday and running through Sunday. The annual celebration brings thousands of people to the area from around the nation and across borders, as well. Some special guests are involved...
Out our way, we do look a "gift horse in the mouth," especially when it comes to disease. A few years ago, the bison in Yellowstone National Park had become too numerous for the amount of grazing and the federal government offered many of the herd to various Native reservations. For the plains tribes like the Assiniboine, Gros Ventre, Cheyenne, Chippewa Cree, Crow and other Montana tribes, the offer was much appreciated for the bison was and remains a crucial part of their...
Havre Daily News staff Inga Well-Off-Man of Havre, an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, received her Master Of Music in Violin Performance and Pedagogy in graduation ceremonies May 11, 2023, from the Colorado University Boulder College Of Music graduate program....
Romans 6:8 - "For we know that if we died with Christ, we shall also live with Him." Out our way, most cattle are kept within fenced grazing lands, and except for the annual open-range grazing on Beaver Creek Park near the Chippewa Cree Tribe's reservation, herds don't often mix. We still do brandings and have the ear tags, but seldom need to worry about checking. If they were the right breed, had the right color ear tag, and were within the fenced area, I pretty well...
The addition of a new building to house administrative services at Rocky Boy Health Center will allow expanded services including improved medical and mental health services, a press release said. The center on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is receiving $11.3 million in funding through the federal New Markets Tax Credit Program, freeing up space in the existing facility to allow improved access to high-quality and efficient medical, mental health and substance abuse services. “With the addition of the new Health Adm...
Hazel Belcourt, a proud Urban American Indian Woman from Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, happily celebrated her 94th birthday April 3, 2023, and peacefully left this world one month later, May 3. Hazel and Elmer Belcourt and their five daughters, all members of the Chippewa Cree Tribe, chose to be relocated from Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation for economic reasons to Los Angeles, California, in 1965. Hazel’s family from the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation left their home permanently and were relocated to an urban area and nev... Full story
