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A district court judge has granted a temporary block on a state rule that restricts Medicaid coverage of abortion, maintaining current coverage of the procedure while a lawsuit plays out. A bill to extend funding for Montana’s Missing Indigenous Person’s Task Force has passed its final vote in the House. The legislation would renew the working group through 2033.
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A bill establishing a grant program to fund training for missing persons response teams has passed the state Senate and is headed to the governor’s desk.
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The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony Wednesday on a bill that would renew Montana’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Task Force for another two years and add members from the Office of Public Instruction.
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Two bills addressing the issue of missing persons in Montana passed out of the House floor Wednesday, and will now move on to the Senate.
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According to the report, Indigenous people accounted for nearly a third of all 2021 missing person reports in Montana, despite only making up roughly 7% of the state’s total population.
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Dozens of people Thursday walked across Browning to commemorate a national day of awareness for missing and murdered indigenous persons. The walk comes as the local college is launching a database that aims to help resolve unsolved cases.
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The U.S. Supreme Court v. Cooley decision earlier this month upheld the practice of detaining non-Native suspects on tribal roadways. The practice of detaining non-Natives until the authorities arrive from neighboring districts is common practice on many reservations throughout the US.
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The crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls is being recognized in ceremonies in Montana and around the nation this week. Family members and…
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Nearly 30 Indigenous advocacy groups are condemning the work of a presidential task force on missing and murdered Indigenous person cases.
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Amid Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s awareness week, we’re going to hear from the host of the new podcast called Stolen: The Search For Jermain, which follows the story of Jermain Charlo, a 23-year old member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes who went missing in Missoula in June 2018.