The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana will celebrate their recent federal recognition Saturday, Jan. 25 in Great Falls. The celebration, hosted by the tribal council, is free and open ...

Donald Davis, a tribal councilman for Montana’s Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, often introduces himself with a joke. “My Dad is half Little Shell, and my mother is a full-blood Norwegian,” he ...

FARGO - It appears the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe's long wait for official recognition by the federal government will soon end. Members of the tribe will gather Saturday for a ceremony led by ...

They are few in number. They are scattered. The history they share, more or less, is splintered and disputed. But some Turtle Mountain descendants and admirers of the late-19th century Chippewa Chief ...

The Little Shell Pembina Nation has requested a criminal complaint be filed against the U.S. government for violation of treaty law and international law. The Little Shell Pembina Nation alleges that, ...

What does it mean to “belong”? And how do we know when we feel it? Chris La Tray, a storyteller and a member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, sets out in “Becoming Little Shell” to ...

Little Shell tribal members in Lewistown, Montana, in 1940. Showing evidence of historical existence is part of the process of getting federal tribal recognition, but there is not much record of the ...

For decades, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana have lived in a state of neitherness — neither completely Native American nor non-Native American. But last month, its 5,400 members ...

On June 20, 1782, six years after the Declaration of Independence and six years before ratification of the Constitution, the Second Continental Congress approved an elegant mission statement for the ...

Keira Simonson herds steers that will be used for the University of Montana rodeo team’s practice that evening. Photograph: Eli Imadali/The Guardian For some Native Americans – particularly those who ...