Indian Ed for All settlement approved

By Keila Szpaller | Deputy Editor

“For too long, tribes were expected to trust that things would improve without having a seat at the table. This settlement recognizes that tribal nations are essential partners in educating Montana’s students.” – Councilwoman Roxanne Gourneau, of the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board, about a settlement that enforces Indian Education for All in Montana.

Indian Education for All settlement lauded by tribal nations, parents, Office of Public Instruction

by Keila Szpaller

Cammie DuPuis-Pablo’s boys were harassed and bullied for wearing their hair longer and braided in public schools in Montana. DuPuis-Pablo, with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, has had to correct inaccurate information about Native Americans taught to her children in Missoula, and she has seen educators gloss over significant parts of Native American history, […]

Yellowstone Park to conduct invasive species removal to preserve cutthroat trout

by Micah Drew

Yellowstone National Park will conduct an invasive species removal project in the northern part of the park as part of an ongoing conservation effort to preserve native Yellowstone Cutthroat trout. Beginning Aug. 31, Buffalo Creek, a tributary of Slough Creek, will be closed to the public from the northern park boundary downstream to the confluence […]

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