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The stateâs collaborative body dedicated to halting the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people met in person after more than a year Wednesday, where guest speakers outlined the progress made and their goals for the future.
During the first of two days slated for the conference held in Helena, members of the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force heard from investigators, lawmakers and students. Although progress has been made through the state Legislature in the years since the formation of the task force, Native American men and women are still disproportionately among those in the state reported missing and suffering from violence.
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