Chief Little Shell, who traced his chieftain bloodline to the 1700s, was among Ojibwe leaders who signed the Old Crossing Treaty near Red Lake Falls, Minn., in 1863, surrendering rights to land in ...

Funding for the program was secured through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Clarence Sivertsen, first vice-chair of the tribe, said the council established the program to ...

After decades of trying, a group of Native Americans will receive federal recognition for the first time. The recogniton for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians is a result of an amendment that ...

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 ...

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 ...