Earl Old Person

A stretch of highway running through the center of the Blackfeet Nation has been renamed to honor the late Blackfeet Chief Earl Old Person. A dedication ceremony was held on Thursday.

A bill creating a highway memorial for the country’s longest-serving elected tribal leader has reached the desk of Montana’s governor.

For many Montanans, the Badger-Two Medicine is synonymous with one of the most significant grassroots conservation successes in recent decades. That story is about Blackfeet tribal traditionalists, political leaders, and conservation groups coming together to defeat oil and gas leases in one undeveloped expanse of wilderness in Montana. Now, the coalition faces thorny questions — what does long-term protection and management of the Badger look like, and who gets to decide?

The Blackfeet Nation laid its late chief, Earl Old Person to rest Friday. MTPR’s Aaron Bolton reports from the funeral services in Browning.

The Blackfeet Tribe’s Chief of over 40 years, Earl Old Person, died Wednesday at the age of 92 after a long battle with cancer. Old Person was both a longtime elected leader for the tribe, but also someone who worked hard to keep Blackfeet language and traditional culture alive.

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