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Indian Country

Tribal leaders and landowners clash over hunting proposal

by Chris Aadland 02.10.202102.12.2021

House Bill 241 would end a decades-old prohibition against hunting on land within a reservation owned by non-Indians.

Agriculture, Indian Country, News, Water Rights

Who’s yea and who’s nay on the CSKT water compact

by Eric Dietrich 01.22.202002.12.2021

Agriculture, Indian Country, Montana Legislature, News, Politics, Public Lands, State Government, Water Rights

Olszewski and Republican cohort asks Daines to withdraw CSKT compact bill

by Eric Dietrich 01.15.202002.12.2021

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