Montana Now Has a Missing Indigenous Persons Reporting Portal
Published: October 23, 2020
Ashley Loring HeavyRunner has been missing from the Blackfeet Nation since June of 2017. This photo is courtesy of the Loring family.
It's incredibly sad that we need this, but also a great relief for many Indigenous Montana families who are missing loved ones. Blackfeet Community College in Browning has teamed up with the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force to launch a new website where families can list loved ones as missing. You might wonder why they don't just call the police. The answer is not an easy one, but know that sometimes they do make a report with the police, other times families are reluctant to ask law enforcement for help, for a variety of reasons.