The case stands before the backdrop of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Montana, which has spotlighted jurisdictional issues of law enforcement in Indian Country.
The University of Montana selected the school’s first permanent provost since Jon Harbor’s departure in spring 2020 — filling the University’s second highest office.
Two UM Deans will resign following protests where students said administration in the Alexander Blewett III School of Law didn't take reports of sexual assault and misconduct seriously.