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 ...

I’ve thought about Indians my entire life. I grew up with the vague knowledge my father’s side of the family was Indian — Chippewa, specifically — as my grandmother would speak of it at times. I have ...

For local tribal elder Henry Anderson, federal recognition of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana would mean more educational opportunities for youth and better health care for elders in his ...

Ever since walking out on fraudulent treaty negotiations by the U.S. government in 1892, the Little Shell Tribe of Montana has been a landless tribe. For more than 130 years they have sought federal ...