WASHINGTON (RNS) A character on a National Geographic Channel documentary series about a rural Hutterite colony defended his community and the production company after Hutterite bishops criticized ...

Glenda Maendel and eight other former members of Hutterite colonies have written a book chronicling their lives as Hutterites in rural North Dakota.

Montana's Hutterite communities contribute more than $365 million in annual spending for the state and 2,200 year-round jobs, according to a study ...

(RNS) Members of a Hutterite colony in Montana that's the focus of a new National Geographic reality show say the series is a ``distorted and exploitative'' depiction of their life that is not ...

Unlike the Amish, the Hutterites have embraced much of modern technology. Agricultural technology, such as irrigation systems, has been a boon to the colony, which has grown from cultivating 3,000 ...

HELENA – Leaders of a Hutterite colony are demanding an apology from the National Geographic Society and a pledge that it never again broadcast a television show they say misrepresented their ...

Two Hutterite colonies began razing the building on Highway 71 near downtown last week. One of the colonies is located near Grand Forks, N.D., and the other is located west of Winnipeg, Canada.

A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court has ruled that forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers' compensation insurance for jobs outside the commune is not an unconstitutional intrusion ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Last spring, members of the Golden Valley Hutterite Colony plowed under their lentil field and on the land began construction of a manufacturing plant. The structure, now ...

The Hutterite colonies are the state’s top and sole producer, including Lakeview Colony located just north of Lake Andes.

Although the North American Hutterites trace their origins to South Tyrol, no attempts have been made to examine the genetic migration history of the Hutterites before emigrating to the United ...