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.