Task Force: Crow Agency reported most missing Indigenous person cases in Montana
By: Jaurdyn Johnson - MTN News
Posted at 7:36 AM, Feb 18, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-18 15:00:09-05
The Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force held their monthly meeting Wednesday and provided an update on the crisis facing indigenous people.
Brian Frost, the Missing Persons Specialist for the Montana Department of Justice, provided an update on missing indigenous people, saying that out of the 167 missing people across the state, 53 are indigenous.
Frost also mentioned that out of the 21 agencies that have reported a missing indigenous person, the Crow Agency had reported the most with 10 cases.
HARDIN, Mont. - The Big Horn Sheriff s Office says the available evidence surrounding the discovery of the body of a child found on the Crow Reservation "strongly suggests" the identity
Crow Tribe declares state of emergency, issues Stay Home Order
By: Q2 News
and last updated 2021-02-17 12:13:15-05
CROW AGENCY - Crow Tribe Chairman Frank White Clay declared a state of emergency Tuesday and issued a Stay Home Order due to COVID-19. A declaration of a State of Emergency resulting from the imminent threat of a disaster causing immediate peril to life and property that timely action can avert or minimize, in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of Crow Tribal members and other residents, the chairman said in a statement posted on Facebook. As the Crow Tribal Executive Branch Chairman, it is my duty to protect the Tribe and its members. The Tribe is facing increasing number of COVID-19 cases. Therefore, I declare the Crow Tribe to be in a State of Emergency due to the COVID -19 Novel Coronavirus Pandemic.