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Dancers circle the floor of University of Montana’s Adams Center for the Grand Entry of the Kyiyo Pow Wow on April 18, 2025. The two-day celebration is also an effort to preserve important Native American traditions.
Victoria Traxler
The 56th annual Kyiyo Pow Wow took place in Missoula over the weekend. MTPR’s Victoria Traxler has more on the sights, sounds and significance of the event.
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  • In the '90s, whirling disease hit trout populations hard in Montana, at one point leading to a 95% decline in rainbow trout in the Madison River. It sparked concern among biologists, anger in tourist towns and even played a role in a murder mystery novel. It also inspired this week's question: What's happening with whirling disease and other threats to trout?

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