Fort Peck

[pek]

noun

1. a dam on the Missouri River in NE Montana.

Example Sentences

To fully electrify the economy, the New Deal dotted the U.S. with massive hydroelectric projects like the Fort Peck Dam and delivered cheap power to farms through the Rural Electrification Administration.

From Salon

More encouraging still, tribes in Montana – Blackfeet Nation, Fort Belknap Indian Community, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, and South Dakota's Rosebud Sioux – have reintroduced bison to the northern Great Plains to revive the prairie ecosystem, tackle food insecurity and lessen the impacts of climate change.

From Salon

The Fort Peck Sioux Tribe also said she was not enrolled or eligible to be enrolled.

From Seattle Times

In the hearing, “Fentanyl in Native Communities: Native Perspectives on Addressing the Growing Crisis,” leaders from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, and Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck, and mental health and wellness professionals from Hawaii, Alaska and California, shared stories of loss and struggles to expand existing programs and prosecute non-Native drug dealers.

From Seattle Times

“We see all these billion-dollar packages go into Ukraine and going to Israel. When is Indian country going to matter?” said Bryce Kirk, a councilman for the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation.

From Seattle Times