Big Sky Country Happenings

PEER is at it again — campaigning to keep tribal employees from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) from working alongside federal employees at The National Bison Range, located on the Flathead Reservation. The co-management and annual funding agreement (AFA) entered into by US Fish & Wildlife Services and CSKT is in keeping with [...]

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http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_43d44b54-21c3-11df-bf39-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story “One of the main concerns is that the CSKT, as a sovereign nation, may feel no need to be accountable once the federal check clears,” Ruch said. “If this Bison Range arrangement is an experiment, then that is all the more reason why it should be monitored closely.” The words of a bigot. The [...]

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