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The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have finalized their plan to improve coordination and agency response when Indigenous people go missing in the Flathead area. The plan is part of a national Department of Justice pilot project and will be used as a model for other tribes wishing to make their own community-specific plans.
CSKT has been developing their Tribal Community Response Plan since December 2020. The plan focuses on identifying and updating policies of law enforcement, victim services, media communication and a log of community resources to streamline what happens when someone goes missing.
Ellie Bundy, a CSKT council member and the presiding officer of the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force, announced the plan’s completion in a task force meeting Wednesday. She says one major accomplishment is the plan brings all ten law enforcement agencies working with CSKT into alignment.
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In a TikTok uploaded this week, a white man appears to record with a cellphone and flash an “OK” sign to a group of organizers. The caption of the video says the organizers are part of the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force and that the man waited until “all the men were gone” before approaching them. Advertisement Hide
The video was uploaded to Twitter where users are trying to identify the man.
Racist POS flashes white power symbol at Montana Missing Indigenous People Task Force pic.twitter.com/FhzQ1QQqGc Marjorie Gaylor Queen (@Tim Tweeted) February 22, 2021