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from Montana Department of Commerce HELENA — The Office of Indian Country Economic Development at the Montana Department of Commerce announced today that Gerald Gray, Chairman of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe, was elected as the new Chair of the Montana State Tribal Economic Development Commission. Gray is in his fourth three-year term with STEDC. “I’m excited to be a part of the commission, which helps guide Tribes in economic development and fosters economic growth among Montana’s Tribal Nations,” Gray said. He replaces...
Paul Tuss has announced he will file as a Democrat as a candidate in the race for House District 28. First-year Rep. Ed Hill, R-Havre, has filed for reelection in the race. The two are the only announced candidates in the race for the district, which primarily includes most of Havre. "I am entering this race to bring common-sense solutions and a voice of reason to the Montana Legislature," Tuss said in a release announcing his candidacy. "Unfortunately, in today's political cl...
As new COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the state and the region, more jurisdictions are closing. Fort Belknap Indian Reservation announced Tuesday that it was going into lockdown at 12 a.m. today, effective until Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 11:59 p.m. The shutdowns affects all non-essential businesses within the Fort Belknap Indian Community, a release on the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council Facebook page said. Essential businesses providing food and fuel are on limiteed...
Triple Dog Brewing Company played host to this year's Pray for Snow event, put on by the volunteers who run the Bear Paw Ski Bowl who also took the opportunity to honor "Big" Dave Martens for his 45 years of service to the ski bowl and the National Ski Patrol. National Ski Patrol Chief Outdoor Emergency Care Instructor Byron Ophus said Martens has been a constant and positive presence at the Ski Bowl as a volunteer, hill manager and primary lift operator. "In all the years I'v...
From Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen, Tribal Legislators, Tribal Nation Leaders, Educators, and Office of Public Instruction Director of Tribal Relations Don Wetzel will gather at the Montana State University Billings Student Union Building from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 10-11 for a Class 7 Professional Development Training and Language Revitalization Planning Workshop. The 2021 Montana Legislature assigned the OPI as administrator of the Tribal Nation Culture and Language Preserva...
Press release GREAT FALLS — A man admitted allegations Wednesday that he tried to murder another man by shooting him on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in 2019, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Dakota Houle, 25, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury and use of a firearm during a crime of violence. Houle maintained his not guilty plea to a charge of kidnapping and is pending trial on that crime. Houle faces a maximum of 20 yea...
While their football season might be over, Rocky Boy's Joe Demontiney and Cruz Sunchild as well as Harlem's Darrius Longknife will get to put on the pads one more time in 2021 as they head to the annual Indigenous Bowl in Minnesota this Sunday. The game is designed to recognize the talents of indigenous players across the country and give them a chance to travel outside of their communities. "What an honor for our tribe, schools and community for two of our youth from the...
Staff and wire report Tuesday, the Chippewa Cree Police Department at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation bid farewell to its chief of police, Larry Bernard, who served as a law enforcement officer for more than 43 years before deciding to take off the badge. He was widely known amongst police officers, having served in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, and was a highly respected man in the field, his niece Kirstin Russell said. Festivities began at noon in the recreation room in the...
Rocky Boy - Tuesday was a day of celebration on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation as the area became home to bison for the first time in over two decades. After a celebration that included dancing, prayers and food, 11 bison were released and hundreds, including many local schools' students, looked on as they ran into the reserve just west of Box Elder. The return of the animals is an event that's been a long time coming, and is of incredible significance not just to the local...
Press release BOX ELDER — Representatives of The Chippewa Cree Tribe and Stone Child College leaders said they are welcoming Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia of Texas to the Rocky Boy’s Reservation today and Tuesday to review the college’s epidemiology research and exchange ideas on public health and good governance issues. Garcia represents the residents of Harris County Precinct 2, a majority-minority district encompassing the city of Houston well-known for its multi-ethnic and multi-racial population. Harris Count...
From Office of U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation resident accused of helping a Michigan fentanyl supplier distribute pills from his residence admitted a trafficking crime Thursday, acting U.S Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Larry Albert Bernard, 37, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Bernard faces a maximum 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine and at least three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Mor...
From Office of U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A man admitted Thursday to dealing fentanyl pills on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Timothy Michael Koop, 61, pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl. Koop faces a maximum 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine and at least three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. Morris set sentencing for Jan. 20. Koop was released pending further proceedings. The gov...
From U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana The Department of Justice has selected an additional 12 federally recognized tribes including Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana to participate in the expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information — TAP — a program that provides tribal governments with means to access, enter, and exchange data with national crime information systems, including those maintained by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division and the states. The Chippewa Cre...
Staff and wire report A businesswoman from Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation earned some top honors at the Made in Montana Tradeshow last week. Rebekah “Carries Sweet Grass Woman” Jarvey earned the Best in Show New Exhibitor Award at the tradeshow, held Friday and Saturday in Helena with the exhibits open to the public Saturday. The awards were presented to the winners Friday, with Montana Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras, Department of Agriculture Director Christy Clark and Commerce Director Scott Osterman presenting the awards. Jarvey d...
From Montana Department of Commerce Shelly R. Fyant was elected as the new Chair of the Montana State Tribal Economic Development Commission. Fyant is in her second three-year term with STEDC. “I look forward to serving the goals set by the commission to expand and improve economic opportunities for each tribal nation in Montana,” Fyant said. “Creating income earning opportunities for people, whether from a small business or through secure employment, is a goal embraced by our tribal council.” Representing the Arlee Distric...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for Harlem and Box Elder. All hunter education classes are free of charge. • Harlem, starting Aug. 23, 5 p.m. at the ECNA Church • Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, starting Sept. 7, 6 p.m. at Stone Child College Kennewash Building. In-person, instructor-led hunter education courses are available to anyone 10 and older. In-person courses are led by volunteer instructors who are passionate about preserving Monta...
While the classic image of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep is of them in craggy ranges of the Rockies, populations thrive east of the Divide into Midwestern states, and in Montana some of the largest populations are found in the Missouri River Breaks. Scott Hemmer, Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 wildlife biologist, said that hunting district 680 that stretches north of the Missouri River across Chouteau, Blaine and Phillips counties has regular sheep counts of around 450....
Ashley Raeann Oats, 25, No-ti-kwe Pi-pi-kwahn, Old Lady Whistle, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital on August 6, 2021. Wake services will begin at 3:00 p.m. today, August 10, 2021, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy, MT, and will continue until her funeral at 10:00 a.m. August 11, 2021. Burial will follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Ashley was born on January 23, 1996, in Havre, Montana to...
Last Friday saw the return of Rocky Boy's annual Sobriety Walk, which was combined with an awareness walk for missing and murdered Indigenous people after being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event's primary organizer, Terrie Stump of the Chippewa Cree Wellness Coalition, also Rocky Boy Health Center's diabetes prevention coordinator, said attendance at the event was slightly lower than a normal year, but given the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is...
Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation will be host to a trio of events Friday including a traditional powwow and the tribe’s annual sobriety walk which will double as a walk to raise awareness for missing and murdered indigenous people this year. Registration for the walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. and begin in earnest at 9 at the Old Stone Child College parking lot and end at Rocky Boy Powwow Grounds. Lunch will be provided. The sobriety walk has been an annual event at Rocky Boy for decades, but this year it is being held in con...
Editor's note: This story talks about the first powwow held at Great Northern Fair. See other stories about the fair in previous editions of Havre Daily News and at www.havredailynews.com, and see more photos of the last few days of the fair on Page A8. Northern Winz Hotel & Casino's Powwow at this year's Great Northern Fair has been a success by all accounts, drawing a greater-than-expected crowd despite the heat and giving people a chance to see an in-person powwow in the...
The Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council met Monday and discussed progress on their mental health PSAs, possible partnerships at the Central Service Area Authority and a recent meeting with a representative of Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont. LAC Chair Andi Daniel said contracts for the PSAs, which seek to normalize and encourage people to seek help dealing with their mental health struggles by letting local people tell stories about their own experiences, have been drawn up and include the filming of 10...
Plans for a powwow and associated events at this year’s Great Northern Fair are beginning to crystalize after a meeting between Great Northern Fairgrounds Manager Frank English and representatives from the Chippewa Cree Tribe and Northern Winz Hotel and Casino, the primary host of the events. After meeting at the fairgrounds and seeing the space they had to work with Loni Taylor of the Chippewa Cree Business Committee said the Thursday of fair week would likely host either a comedy act or a teepee demonstration, but plans s...
Editor's note: This version clarifies that Northern Winz Casino wants to bring powwow events to the 2021 Great Northern Fair. The Great Northern Fair Board heard a proposal by Jazz Parker, manager at Rocky Boy Indian's Reservation's Northern Winz Hotel and Casino, who said the casino wants to bring a powwow to the Great Northern Fair this year. The fair this year runs July 14-18, and the board confirmed most of its schedule at its May meeting. Parker said the Chippewa Cree Tribe is looking to build some bridges with the fair...
A settlement in a lawsuit some 150 years in the making was settled Thursday, providing $59 million to individual Native American litigants and tribes including The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Judge Thomas F. Hogan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia finalized Thursday settlement of litigation between the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in Peltier v. Haaland, the U.S. Department of Interior announced T...
