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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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CSKT announces completion of MMIP Response Plan The U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the District of Montana, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes , and the FBI have announced the completion of the nationâs first Tribal Community Response Plan.
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The U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the District of Montana, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) and the FBI have announced the completion of the nationâs first Tribal Community Response Plan.
âMurdered Indigenous people is a harsh reality that native people face today unfortunately no tribal nation has gone untouched by this crisis. said CSKT Council Chairwoman Shelly Fyant.
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Print article HELENA, Mont. Jermain Charlo vanished in June 2018. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribal member hasn’t been seen since. Valenda Morigeau, Charlo’s aunt, reported her missing to the Missoula Police Department in the days after her disappearance. But Morigeau said the detective initially assigned to the case failed to take the report seriously and was slow to act, a pattern she said is common when Native Americans report missing loved ones. “You would think that there would be more urgency to go find the person that is missing,” Morigeau said. “Here we are, three years later, because they assumed she was avoiding responsibilities.”