Interior releases more than $1 billion for CSKT water rights

CSKT will be getting a final allocation this year of about $1.02 billion per the Montana Water Rights Protection Act.

Interior Department Executes Water Rights Settlement Agreement ...

Today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland signed the Confederated Salish and Kootenai-Montana Compact (“Compact”), formally executing the ...

Omnibus Includes Historic Water Rights Settlement

... $1 billion hit," Daines said. Decade of negotiations. The compact is the result of more than a decade of negotiations in Montana seeking to resolve the ...

Lake County Leader - Senator Jon Tester

Haaland said the department will allocate $1.7 billion overall toward enacted tribal water rights settlements via President Joe Biden's ...

Montana tribe finalizes historic $1.9 billion water rights settlement

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) have finalized a $1.9 billion water rights settlement that resolves thousands of tribal claims tied to ...

Tester Secures More Than $1.3 Billion for Montana Indian Waters ...

The resources include $1,369,585,000 for the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act (Blackfeet Tribe), the Montana Water Rights Protection Act ( ...

Interior: $580M headed to 15 tribes to fulfill water rights | AP News

Fifteen Native American tribes will get a total of $580 million in federal money this year for water rights settlements, the Biden administration announced ...

CSKT Water Rights Compact officially becomes law | News

The Unitary Administration and Management Ordinance will govern all water rights within the Flathead Reservation whether derived from tribal, state or federal ...

Indian Water Rights Settlements - FAS Project on Government Secrecy

In the second half of the 19th century, the federal government pursued a policy of confining Indian tribes to reservations.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Supports $580 Million Investment to ...

Interior today announced a nearly $580 million allocation to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims using funding from the Bipartisan ...

85-20-1901 Water rights compact entered into by the Confederated ...

This Compact is entered into by and among the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, the State of Montana, and the ...

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes secure 'remarkable' $1.9 ...

The settlement, touted as the largest amount ever awarded in a tribal water rights case, paves the way for the CSKT to protect its uses of water in the state.

News by Year - | Indian Affairs

Alaska Native women from two generations stand together lakeside. One holds a Tribal drum,. Funding sustains Indigenous knowledge by preserving Tribal languages ...

Confederated Salish and Kootenai – Montana Compact Staff Report

The Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission (“Compact Commission” or. “Commission”) was established by the Montana Legislature in ...

Interior Secretary signs Montana tribes water rights compact | AP News

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water rights compact on Friday, ...

Proposed Water Compact for Confederated Salish and Kootenai ...

Over the past six years, this negotiation has been one of the most active tribal water right negotiations in which the federal government has been participating ...

Spring Quarterly shines light on NBR/Water Rights settlement ...

Perhaps the ultimate coveted symbol of the Flathead Nations water rights settlement is the restoration of the National Bison Range (NBR) property to the CSKT as ...

in the water court of the state of montana - DNRC

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the motion of the Confederated Salish and. Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation (“Tribes”), ...

Water Rights - Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

The CSKT-MT Water Compact was ratified by the State of Montana in 2015 (MCA 85-20-1901). Subsequent ratification by the Federal government, through legislation ...

Stories for February 2022 | Ellington - Lake County Leader

February 28, 2022 3:25 p.m.. Kathleen Williams assumes Montana's top rural development post. Williams said her priorities within the U.S. ...