The Blackfeet Nation announced Monday it was experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak and reported 18 active cases. Responding to the surge in cases, the tribe reinstated its mask mandate for the Blackfeet Reservation, closed tribal offices to the public and suspended all non-essential travel. The tribal community has lost 48 people to the virus. Blac...
Superintendent Arntzen Calls Upon Attorney General To Challenge School Theory
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen has made a formal request of Attorney General Austin Knudsen to issue an opinion on the legality of teaching so-called antiracism and Critical Race Theory in Montana Public Schools. Montana is distinct in that the 1972 Constitution calls for the state to recognize the unique cultural her...
New Database To Report MMIP Set To Launch
A comprehensive online database is scheduled to launch to the public in about a week or two designed to streamline the process of reporting missing Indigenous people in Montana and will be a catalog of every open missing Indigenous person case. A Blackfeet Community College team worked with Dillon Software to develop the site to facilitate and...