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May 5 is the national day of awareness; it will now be locally recognized. The governor signed three bills in late April in an effort to confront the MMIP crisis in Montana, the governor's office said in a release. The three bills provide the state and the tribes resources to follow data, raise awareness and step up interagency partnership to protect indigenous persons in Montana, the release continued. HB 35 creates the Missing Indigenous Persons Review Commission at the Montana Department of Justice. HB 98 expands the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Task Force and the Lo...

Schatz leads Indian Affairs oversight hearing to examine federal COVID-19 response in Native education systems American Rescue Plan played critical role in mitigating federal shortcomings that left Native students and schools exposed to severe COVID-19 impacts Author: News Release U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Yesterday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led an oversight hearing, “ Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Education Systems One Year Later.” The committee heard from the Government Ac...

Montana leaders gather to mark signing of bills on missing, murdered indigenous people and last updated 2021-04-22 21:40:55-04 HELENA — Montana leaders gathered in Helena Thursday to mark their continued efforts to address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous people. Gov. Greg Gianforte held a ceremony for the signing of a suite of bills aimed at showing the state is committed to continuing the dialogue about how to deal with what has been called an “epidemic.” The missing and murdered indigenous persons crisis has tragically impacted far too many families in Montana, ...

Schatz leads Indian Affairs oversight hearing to examine COVID-19 response in Native communities Native health systems have worked hard over the past year to fight the pandemic in their communities with limited federal resources Author: (Image: United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs YouTube) Native health systems have worked hard over the past year to fight the pandemic in their communities with limited federal resources News Release U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Yesterday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led an ...

(Statewide, WY) – The Wyoming Arts Council is pleased to announce a new initiative: a Native Art Fellowship. For years, the Wyoming Arts Council has hosted annual fellowships for the visual, literary, and performing arts that are merit-based and juried by professionals from outside the state. Advertisement This year, the Arts Council is also offering a Native Art Fellowship. Structured similarly to the other fellowships, the Native Art Fellowship is an unrestricted $3,000 award that is open to Native artists based within Wyoming, across any artistic discipline or medium (visual, literary, p...