Kevin Maki

In last week's Montana Moment, NBC Montana brought you the story of a secondhand store and pawnshop in Libby.In its tenure of 40 years, this family-owned busine

The Payne Family Native American Center on the University of Montana campus houses UM’s prestigious Native American Studies Department.It’s the first academic c

Montana’s beloved author, the late Ivan Doig, called livestock brands “the classical language of the American West.Doig and his wife Carol gifted the Montana De

A livestock brand proves ownership.It ties generations of families to their land and ancestors.The practice dates to the ancient Egyptians.But most of us know i

Ranch family treasures historic livestock brands, precious heirlooms of the West

On Sunday, September 7, NBC Montana will begin airing a new collection of Montana Moments for the fall season.These are some of the fresh stories that Kevin Ma

A thousand years ago, a new life began near present day Seeley Lake.The only witnesses to his youth would have been the Indigenous People.He was already 200-yea

Between Sheridan and Alder stands an inn once known as a major transportation hub.The building has long since been retired as a place of business, and is now on

Molten granite formed the Pioneer Mountain Range in southwest Montana about 72-million years ago.As the granite cooled, water carried quartz and other minerals

Montana's landscape, its color, and spectacular light have always been an inspiration for artists.Artistry comes in many forms.It's fluid and always changing.Ju