A bill that would allow non-tribal residents to hunt big game on the Flathead Reservation is one in a long line of similar bills that have tried and failed to challenge tribal sovereignty over the ...
Lawmakers on Tuesday heard a controversial bill that would allow non-tribal members to hunt deer and elk on their private property within the Flathead Reservation. Thirteen people spoke in support of ...
Big-game hunting within the boundaries of a tribal reservation by non-tribal members is illegal, according to a Fish and Game Commission Rule, with limited exceptions. The Blackfeet Tribe allows a ...
Former legislator Sharon Stewart-Peregoy of the Crow Tribe said she’d seen the bill ... Jore sponsored bills seeking to terminate the state-tribal hunting and fishing agreement and also one ...
Opponents, who outnumbered proponents by a 2-to-1 margin, said the bill violates treaty rights, infringes on tribal sovereignty and could undermine state-tribal relationships, including potentially co ...
Tribal advocates argued during a Tuesday evening hearing in Helena that a proposed hunting bill could jeopardize tribal-state relations and result in years of costly litigation. House Bill 216 would ...