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Catholic boarding school documents staying in Montana
Instead of transferring them to Boston Jesuits, the Catholic nuns want to ‘take steps in truth-telling’ and ‘bring some healing’ to descendants
Renata Birkenbuel / ICT
Schools receive third — and potentially final — round of federal funding for homeless students
A pandemic-era program that has pumped $2 million into Montana schools to support students experiencing homelessness is nearing its end date.
Alex Sakariassen / Montana Free Press
Pollution knows no borders
A long-awaited agreement will address Canadian mine waste flowing downriver into Montana and Idaho.
Kylie Mohr / High Country News
Governor supports limited financial help for Flathead law enforcement
Governor supports limited financial help for Flathead law enforcement Lake County formally withdrew from Public Law 280, but said it is still managing law enforcement on the reservation in Montana
Nicole Girten / Daily Montanan VIA ICT
Health department shares Medicaid disenrollment numbers for children, seniors, Native Americans
The response to a public records request filed by Democratic lawmakers sheds more light on the impact of Medicaid unwinding
Mara Silvers / Montana Free Press
The land-grant legacy
How Montana State University and extension services support Native communities today
Isabel Hicks / Bozeman Daily Chronicle VIA Montana Free Press
Montana governor still mum on tribal law enforcement
Lake County officials frustrated with Gov. Greg Gianforte’s silence over pending changes to reservation law enforcement
Justin Franze / Montana Free Press
New program seeks to boost Native student success in languages
Fort Peck Tribes collaborate with Montana Digital Academy to help reduce barriers for students, to offer free Dakota and Nakoda courses open to adults separately
Renata Birkenbuel / ICT
Native woman launches forensics company to aid MMIP families
The high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous people is a nationwide crisis, and experts say Montana is an epicenter
Nora Mabie / Mussoulian VIA ICT
Montana ban on gender-affirming care for minors temporarily blocked in court
Transgender health advocates celebrated the ruling and vowed to continue their fight in court.
Mara Silvers / MTFP