The sovereign nations section of the museum is Robinson’s favorite exhibit. Each tribal nation has a dedicated display case, and each nation’s leaders chose the items inside. The Chippewa Cree Tribe’s ...

Then a teenage runaway, Joe Meek survived a brutal winter stretch lost along the Yellowstone River before finding Capt.

The last year was jam-packed with news in northwest Montana. As we compiled this list of relevant stories, it was difficult to choose just a few dozen. There are features on the divided Legislature, a ...

Considered by many to be the first Mountain Man, John Colter came west with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. When they headed ...

Explore unique regional dishes and must-try food experiences in every state — ideal inspiration for road trips, recipes, and culinary adventures.

The winter solstice is the astronomical start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, when the North Pole is tilted farthest ...

President Donald Trump approved Montana’s request for a presidential emergency declaration in response to flooding events that took place throughout northwestern Montana.

In July of 1806, Captain Meriwether Lewis and three of his companions had a violent confrontation with the Blackfeet, resulting in at least one dead warrior. This encounter would lead to strained ...

The Blackfoot Confederacy is today made up of four bands. The traditional lands of three of them, the Blood (Kainai), Piikani, and Siksika First Nations, are on the plains of southern Alberta, Canada, ...

The Beacon’s 2025 photographic landscape stretched from the stark expanses of the Blackfeet Nation, to the marbled halls of the state Capitol, across the vast waters of Flathead Lake, to the tops of ...

Wyatt always loved horses. He helped break colts with his father, and he started participating in rodeo when he was 3 years ...

The American bison’s homecoming to Montana was not only a triumph of nature, but it was also the start of a cultural renaissance for Native Americans in the northwest. Once populating the grassy ...