• Native News 2014: Driving Forces

    This year’s edi­tion of the Uni­ver­sity of Mon­tana School of Journalism’s Native News Hon­ors Project exam­ines the search for inno­v­a­tive approaches to prob­lems on tribal lands.

  • Native News Audio Stories

    Native Amer­i­can art doesn’t mean feath­ers and drums, although it could, and these audio sto­ries are about peo­ple chal­leng­ing those stereo­types while still receiv­ing acco­lades and atten­tion for their work.

  • Reservation Map

    Montana Reservation Map

    Locate each of Montana’s seven
    reser­va­tions with this map.

Roland Nez holds his head in frustration after speaking with one of his clients. Being the tribe’s sole adult probation officer takes a lot of time and effort. “I was already overwhelmed when I started, and I have already asked if they can hire another [probation officer], but they just can’t because of the budget,” said Nez.

Rocky Boy’s

Read about the Chippewa Cree tribe.

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Anna Bull Shoe sits at her kitchen table in Browning, reading from a thick document naming enrolled members of the Blackfeet tribe. Bull Shoe uses the document to verify signatures on her petition to remove the entire Blackfeet Tribal Business Council. To sign the petition, a tribal member must be 18 and eligible to vote.

Blackfeet

Read about the Black­feet tribe.

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Preserving Kootenai comes down to waveforms. Daniel Stiffarm works to make Kootenai recordings from the 1970s clean and clear. Then, native speakers and linguist Dorothy Berney can transcribe them.

Flathead

Read about the Flat­head Reservation.

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News

Native News Archive

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Read past edi­tions of Native News.

Native News Staff

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Meet the pro­fes­sors, edi­tors, design­ers, reporters and pho­to­jour­nal­ists of Native News 2014.

Native News 2014 Print Edition

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Down­load a PDF of the 2014 Native News tab.

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