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Seven groups asked the U.S. Board of Geographic Names on Tuesday to rename three geographic places in Montana now named after Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederated States of America during the Civil War, and change them in honor of Indigenous people and Chinese immigrants. A petition was submitted by the Montana Racial Equity Project, the Montana Human Rights Network, Forward Montana Foundation, Mai Wah Society, The Montana Wilderness Association, The Wilderness Society and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT). Those places include Davis Gulch, just south of Helena�...

A few sporting events the last few weeks captured my attention. First, we saw Selma’s football Bears stage a valiant, gutsy second-half comeback to pull ahead of Kingsburg in the annual rivalry game. Then the Vikings kicker sealed a two-point victory for Kingsburg, 17-15 in the final seconds.  A day later I watched as Fresno Pacific University, coached by Selma High grad George Rodriguez, lost a 4-3 heart-breaker against Academy of Art from San Francisco in NCAA women’s tennis. Both of those outcomes disappointed me because my heart was with the Bears and the Sunbirds for persona...

How to trace your roots for free For Black History Month, I was able to trace my family’s history back through Ellis Island to Barbados and England. Author: Brandon Lewis Updated: 11:44 PM PST February 25, 2021 SAN DIEGO — Genealogy has become a popular indoor activity during the pandemic and it’s even easier and cheaper than ever before. The San Diego Public Library has temporarily made its Ancestry.com access available to patrons from home for free. Normally, the service is only available at its branches and the Central Library maintains a cache of gene...

Helping an aunt move from her Selma home the other day, joined by a few out-of-town kinfolk, caused me to ponder on the big, beautiful, complex, messy thing we call

African-American community leaders hope Black History Month sparks conversations about racial justice MTN and last updated 2021-02-07 14:15:32-05 GREAT FALLS — Marcus Collins and his family have lived in Montana for over 25 years. Andre Murphy and his have been here for 16 years. Both Collins and Murphy are part of Montana’s second-smallest designated population, according to the most recent available statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau and montana.gov: Black/African-American. But the two have more in common, and play a more important role in the Great Falls community, than just ...