PABLO, Mont. - Earlier this week, we told you how the Tribal Education Department of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes is bringing a new experience to school students on
PABLO, Mont. - The nationâs first Tribal Community Response Plan (TCRP) was announced Thursday as a part of a pilot project to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons cases.
According to a release from the Department of Justice, the pilot project was launched by the U.S. Attorneyâs Office in Montana and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CKST) in accordance with the U.S. Department of Justiceâs Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Initiative, and the Presidentâs Operation Lady Justice Task Force, and in furtherance of the goals in Savannaâs Act.
âCSKTâs development of a community response plan is a historic milestone in addressing this serious national issue. CSKTâs initiative to join in this pilot project will help other tribes across the country as they develop their own TCRPs. I want to thank our officeâs Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Coordinator, Ernie Weyand, CSKT Chairwoman Fyant, Council member an