Salish Kootenai College News

Former Los Angeles Laker Michael Cooper is scheduled to hold a basketball camp at Salish Kootenai College Joe McDonald Athletic Center this summer.

The first annual Salish Kootenai College powwow kicked off with jamming drums and superb dancers this past weekend at the SKC Joe McDonald Health and Athletic Center.

Montana U.S. Senator Max Baucus held a roundtable discussion on job creation in Indian Country at S and K Electronics as part of his 'Montana Solutions Job Tour' to spark a statewide conversation and action plan for bringing more good-paying jobs to Montana and getting a step ahead for the 6th Annual Economic Development Summit in Butte in ... (more)

Healing historical trauma was a highlight issue as creators of the documentary 'Dakota 38' visited the Salish Kootenai College on their Montana film tour.

The University of Montana and Salish Kootenai College are co-hosting the national conference for the College Board's Native American Student Advocacy Institute on May 30-31. The conference theme is "Educating Native Youth for Success: Many Nations, One Vision." It will take place on UM's main campus on Thursday, May 30, and at Salish Kootenai ... (more)

A free genealogy workshop will be offered to the public at the Salish Kootenai College D'Arcy McNickle Library on May 11 from noon to 4:30 p.m. The workshop is offered by local genealogist Eugene Mark Felsman, who began his own research in 1980 after returning back to the Flathead Reservation after being off the Reservation for many years in a ... (more)

Historically American Indians, particularly those living on reservations, have had the highest poverty rates in the United States.

Bring your bikes, strollers, good walking shoes, your children and appetite to the Joe McDonald Event Center on Saturday, May 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., for a Community Earth Day/Bike Path Celebration.

For the past three summers, the Creston Fish Hatchery, and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, along with Salish Kootenai College, has sponsored the Youth Conservation Corps , which provided more than 30 summer jobs for high school students.

Historically in many tribal cultures women warrior societies were not unheard of, and their bravery was just as fierce as the men who made up the majority of warrior roles.