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Corin Cates-Carney/Montana Public RadioA three-part documentary focused on four missing and murdered Indigenous women from Montana premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. -
Zolnierek/Getty Images/iStockphoto/iStockphotoA report commissioned by the MacArthur Foundation explores justice system inequities that cause Native Americans to be incarcerated at much higher rates than the general population. State data showed that Native people make up about 7% of Montana’s population but are at least 20% of the state prison population.
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A rare white buffalo currently mounted at the Montana Historical Society will be returned to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. -
Western Native Voice is part of a national effort to rally voters across Indian Country ahead of next month's midterm elections.
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The Biden administration awarded nearly $75 million to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai and Blackfeet tribes Tuesday to expand broadband access on tribal lands.
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Bills to make Indigenous Peoples’ Day a state holiday in Montana were introduced the past two legislative sessions, but failed
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Hundreds of people gathered on Indigenous Peoples' Day Monday to dedicate a landmark bridge in Missoula in honor of a Salish tribal leader and his descendants.
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The lease for oil and gas development is on undeveloped land considered the cultural homeland of the Blackfeet Nation. The federal government canceled the lease six years ago, saying it was issued illegally.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce announced it will be awarding Little Big Horn College in south central Montana’s Crow Nation $1.9 million to build a cultural center. The center will be used as a hall of fame, museum and archive.
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Five-tour combat veteran Jestin Dupree works for the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes on the Fort Peck reservation in Montana. He aims to fill in gaps in VA care that often leave Native veterans behind.
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As Yellowstone National Park turns 150 years old, a group of Indigenous artists and scholars is bringing a teepee village and other public art to the park to highlight its Native American history.
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According to the report, Indigenous people accounted for nearly a third of all 2021 missing person reports in Montana, despite only making up roughly 7% of the state’s total population.
