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Daily Montanan: Man who bragged about killing eagles sentenced to prison (November 1, 2024)
A man who bragged about going “on a killing spree” was sentenced to 46 months in prison for trafficking eagle feathers and eagle parts. 
Tribes across Montana have continued to call for protections of grizzly bears, a sacred and important anima in their cultures.
Cronkite News: Native fish rebounds with help of tribal partnership (September 5, 2024)
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland declared that Arizona’s state fish, the Apache trout, will be removed from the endangered species list. 
Three members of a family with multi-state and international connections have been sentenced for selling over $1 million in fake Alaska Native goods.
Cronkite News: Bill returns bison to tribal homelands (July 1, 2024)
A bipartisan bill would relocate some of the 20,500 buffalo on public lands to tribal lands. 
Montana Free Press: Input sought on reintroduction of grizzly bears (January 24, 2024)
The public, states, tribes, the scientific community and other stakeholders are invited to weigh in on a grizzly bear reintroduction plan. 
Spouse of Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) passes away in plane accident (September 13, 2023)
The spouse of Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), the first Alaska Native to serve in the U.S. Congress, died in a plane accident in the couple’s home state of Alaska. 
Efforts to strengthen and improve the Indian Arts and Crafts Act are coming amid criminal cases and renewed claims to Native identities.
Cronkite News: Hia-Ced O’odham seek recognition from United States (January 30, 2023)
In Arizona, 22 federally recognized tribes inhabit nearly every region of the state. But Hia-Ced O’odham isn’t one of them. 
The Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge is the first created under the tenure of Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior.
Land that was taken from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes was finally returned after more than a century.
Despite federal protections under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, burrowing owls remain threatened by land development.
Fraudulent Native artist charged with violating Indian Arts and Crafts Act (November 24, 2021)
A Washington man who claims to be a Native artist has been charged with violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act and for illegally possessing eagle feathers and other bird parts. 
Cronkite News: Indian schools in line for Great American Outdoors Act funding (November 10, 2021)
The Bureau of Indian Education will invest more than $178 million to repair aging schools in tribal communities. 
If confirmed, Martha Williams will become the second woman with Montana ties to take a top post at the Department of the Interior.
Cronkite News: Border barriers continue to harm O’odham land (June 8, 2021)
Tribal citizens, local residents, security experts and environmentalists say the unfinished Trump border project introduced more problems than it fixed. 
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announces an increase in the golden eagle population on March 24, 2021.
Montana Free Press: Trump changes course on wolverines (October 12, 2020)
Conservation groups are promising to sue the Trump administration for reversing course on protections for wolverines, whose habitat is threatened by climate change.
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