FARGO - It appears the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe's long wait for official recognition by the federal government will soon end. Members of the tribe will gather Saturday for a ceremony led by ...

Proposed project includes apartments, duplexes and single-family homes on tribally owned land ...

Tribal leaders, government officials, and honored guests gathered at a cornflower blue warehouse Thursday to celebrate the grand opening of a new food distribution warehouse where tribal elders, ...

One of her sons is among those who have died of COVID-19. The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana is building its health services largely from scratch roughly a year after becoming the ...

BILLIINGS, Mont. (AP) – Montana’s Little Shell tribe appeared poised to fade from history in recent years after it was denied federal government recognition, lost its financial support from the state ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — After a 31-year wait, the U.S. Department of Interior said Tuesday it will not recognize Montana’s Little Shell Tribe, a group of landless Indians who have struggled to stay together ...

What does it mean to “belong”? And how do we know when we feel it? Chris La Tray, a storyteller and a member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, sets out in “Becoming Little Shell” to ...

After decades of trying, a group of Native Americans will receive federal recognition for the first time. The recogniton for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians is a result of an amendment that ...

GREAT FALLS - After becoming the 574th tribe to receive federal recognition in December, members of the Little Shell Chippewa have a chance to get an accurate population count for the first time ...

Some big news for the Little Shell Tribe. The United States Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, 86 to 8. The bill includes federally designating the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe. The ...

The president of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe has asked a U.S. House Committee to move forward on a bill to give federal recognition to the Montana tribe after decades of delay. The tribe has no ...

After decades of trying, a group of Native Americans will receive federal recognition for the first time. The recogniton for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians is a result of an amendment that ...