Montana Senate votes against Indigenous Peoples holiday
JoVonne Wagner Montana Free Press and ICT The Montana State Senate voted Tuesday afternoon against discussing a bill that would have established
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JoVonne Wagner Montana Free Press and ICT The Montana State Senate voted Tuesday afternoon against discussing a bill that would have established
A bill brought by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy aims to firm up Indian Education for All by establishing new requirements — for instruction and for reporting.
Montana spends $3.5 million a year to make sure that students in public schools learn about Indigenous culture in the classrooms. But an advocate told lawmakers on Monday that more than half of that funding for “Indian Education for All” has not been accounted for.
Mara Silvers and JoVonne Wagner via Montana Free Press House Bill 317, sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, would create the Montana
House Bill 317 would cement federal protections for Native American children and families in Montana law.