“Our people were the first people to live on this land, and our people will be the last ones to leave it,” Allen Pierre told the student body of the Alberton School District recently.
A crowd of 40 people gathered at Ninepipes for the Tribal State Summit hosted by the CSKT Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program (TCSEP) to watch local performers.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day marked in Western MT
May 5 marks the silent crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and girls in the US including in Montana.
By: Katie Miller
and last updated 2021-05-05 20:12:17-04
The day marks the silent crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and girls in the US including in Montana.
Numbers compiled by the Blackfeet Community College in regards to the MMIW crisis show there are over 1,100 tribes in Canada and the US with eight Tribal Nations located in Montana.
Statistics show 84% of Indigenous women have experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence in their lifetime. Additionally, Native American are four time more likely to go missing in the State of Montana