May 5 is a national day of awareness for the thousands of Indigenous people who go missing and are killed each year. It’s also Hanna Harris’ birthday. A member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Harris was killed in 2013. She would’ve turned 29 years old this year.
Harris legacy prevails through Hanna s Act, which authorizes the Montana Department of Justice to assist local law enforcement in missing persons cases. Many honor Harris and other Indigenous people on May 5 by wearing red, decorating their homes with red lights, sharing stories on social media and attending community events.
Malinda Harris Limberhand, Hanna s mother, said May 5 is a day to bring awareness to the missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP) crisis.
Yellowstone Public Radio
Correction 3/11/2021: A previous version of this story implied that a fee was being added to domesticated bison. This fee already exists. House Bill 318 seeks to change the definition of domestic bison to include animals that have ever been subjected to a per-capita fee.
Montana’s legislature is considering four bison-related bills this session. The two bills that would have helped tribal nations expand bison herds were voted down, while tribal leaders say the surviving bills could harm long-standing bison management on reservations.
Managing bison in Montana is an enduring challenge due to the difficulty presented by domestic and wild bison, the cultural and historic significance of establishing large, free-roaming bison herds within Native American nations and concerns that brucellosis disease carried by some roaming wild bison will infect other livestock.
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Montana bill would make voting easier
Author:
Amy Beth Hanson
Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. Emotions ran high Friday as a Montana House committee heard a bill seeking to make it easier for Native Americans to vote.
The bill proposes putting into law and advancing terms of a settlement in a voting rights lawsuit and guidance issued by the secretary of state s office for counties and tribes to comply with the settlement, said Democratic Rep. Sharon Stewart Peregoy of Crow Agency, the bill s sponsor.
After the hearing, the bill was amended to add a $5,000 appropriation to give the committee more time to work on it without missing next week s transmittal deadline for non-appropriations bills.
HELENA â Emotions ran high Friday as a Montana House committee heard a bill seeking to make it easier for Native Americans to vote.
The bill proposes putting into law and advancing terms of a settlement in a voting rights lawsuit and guidance issued by the secretary of state s office for counties and tribes to comply with the settlement, said Democratic Rep. Sharon Stewart Peregoy of Crow Agency, the bill s sponsor.
After the hearing, the bill was amended to add a $5,000 appropriation to give the committee more time to work on it without missing next week s transmittal deadline for non-appropriations bills.