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National day of awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Wednesday marks a national day of awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls. According to the Department of Justice, Native Americans account for more than 25% of the missing person cases in Montana, despite making up less than 7% of the population. Native Americans are 4 times more likely to go missing in the Treasure State. Ceremonies are being held here at home and across the nation today to bring awareness to the movement, which comes at a crucial time in northern Montana right now, with a rise in missing people cases on the Blackfeet Reservation. As of Wednesday morning, four people from the Blackfeet Reservation alone have vanished from family and friends over a span of two weeks. 3- year- old Arden Pepion, 26-year-old Leo Wagner, 35-year-old Anjeanise Wagner, and 37-year-old Ray Lynn Rider have been missing for several days. Each of their family and friends are pleading for answers.

Former Montana Native Women s Coalition Chair Convicted Of Wire Fraud, Theft

Listen • 1:03 A federal jury convicted the former chairwoman of a Billings nonprofit of false claims, wire fraud and theft from a program receiving federal funding Friday. Meredith McConnell is the most recent former staff member and leader within the Montana Native Women’s Coalition to be convicted of misusing federal grant funds to benefit herself and others. The coalition’s former Executive Director Sheryl Lawrence and ex-board member Barbara Daychief pleaded guilty to stealing funding from the coalition earlier this year. The Montana Native Women’s Coalition seeks to support Native American victims of sexual and domestic abuse. The Montana U.S. Attorney’s Office argued that over a four month period in 2017, McConnell was responsible for the mishandling of more than 10% of the nonprofit’s grant funds.

Jury convicts former Montana Native Women s Coalition chairwoman for stealing federal grant funds

Jury convicts former Montana Native Women s Coalition chairwoman for stealing federal grant funds
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