In October, the tribal government authorized killing 30 bison — about 12,000 pounds of meat. Half had been shot by Tuesday. A deal to end the shutdown came too late for the rest, Magnan said. With ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A bill proposed in Congress to ban the killing of Yellowstone Park bison on any federal lands ...

WOLF POINT, Mont. — On the open plains of the Fort Peck Reservation, Robert Magnan leaned out the window of his truck, set a rifle against the door frame and then “pop!" — a bison tumbled dead in its ...