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/ Blackfeet Community College launched mmipmt.com in fall 2020 to better connect people reporting missing persons and law enforcement. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are the second tribal nation to integrate a new Montana missing persons reporting website into their protocols when people go missing in the Flathead. Sean Dillon is one of the primary designers of the Speaking at an update this weekend, Dillon says the site isn’t intended to do the job of law enforcement. Instead the website and a coordinator act as a community liaison, guiding families through the steps they need to take to immediately report missing persons cases to the relevant law enforcement agencies. ....
People gather at the Big Horn County Courthouse to remember the hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Billings Gazette Several people wearing red gathered on the steps of the Big Horn County Courthouse on Wednesday, most of them carrying signs with the name of a young woman who had just turned 18 when she went missing. The friends and family of Kaysera Stops Pretty Places remembered her as a tenacious person. She had enough ambition to fight past dyslexia and earn the grades needed to compete in cross country, wrestling and football as a Hardin Bulldog. âShe was also very protective. She looked out for her friends who lived under less-than-great circumstances, and invited them in. I would have a lot of kids staying over. She did that with animals, too ⦠I think we had about 100 dogs one year,â said Yolanda Fraser, one of Stops Pretty Placesâ grandmothers who has stood in front of the county courthouse to ask for county ....
Gianforte signs MMIP bill: âThis crisis must endâ MMIP bill: âThis crisis must endâ and last updated 2021-04-22 20:39:04-04 Governor Greg Gianforte on Thursday signed a bill to help address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) in Montana. He was joined at the signing ceremony by members of the American Indian Caucus, the governorâs Director of the Office Indian Affairs Misty Kuhl, and Cheryl Horn, the aunt of Selena Not Afraid. Recounting the disappearance of her niece last year, Horn said, âI thank everyone else who joined the race behind me, because they knew what to do. I just knew to stand and shout as loud as I could and hope somebody heard me. Weâre all here today, because someone did hear Selena.â ....
Gov. Gianforte signs MMIP bill: âThis crisis must endâ Gov. Greg Gianforte on Thursday signed a bill to help address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) in Montana. By: David Sherman and last updated 2021-04-23 10:46:33-04 Gov. Greg Gianforte on Thursday signed a bill to help address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) in Montana. He was joined at the signing ceremony by members of the American Indian Caucus, the governorâs Director of the Office Indian Affairs Misty Kuhl, and Cheryl Horn, the aunt of Recounting the disappearance of her niece last year, Horn said, âI thank everyone else who joined the race behind me, because they knew what to do. I just knew to stand and shout as loud as I could and hope somebody heard me. Weâre all here today, because someone did hear Selena.â ....