#Montana-based Apsáalooke hip-hop artist @Supamanhiphop will appear with New York cellist and busker Gabriel Royal Friday at the @AlbertaBair in #Billings. https://t.co/hJ1sSFW5J5
Native Americans make up 6.7 percent of #Montana’s population, but 26 percent of Montana's missing persons reports.
This week's profile is 34-year-old Freda Knows Gun, who has been missing since October 18, 2016. #MMIW https://t.co/nrfjXgcoId
Columbia Falls Fan and NFR BULL RIDER, Beau Hill carry this awful sign vs Browning Indians. He had a lot of Native fans, me included, but I’m not now. I’ll be cheering for the Bulls when he rides! #NativeTwitter
We are committed to continuing to report on the issue in a meaningful, contextual way that doesn't treat these disappearances as isolated, separate stories, but rather as part of a larger, more complex trend.
https://t.co/kUX9ySdPgw
More than 5,400 reports of missing people have been filed in Montana during the past three years, according to state Department of Justice data reviewed by The Billings Gazette. https://t.co/OD0lF3bjtu
Why do people list off identities when they're caught being wrong?
"Well as a woman, a queer person, a dreamer, and a mother."
Notice how none of those are "sorry for saying something racist"?
This continent used to have a whole bunch of prisonless societies. Flawless? Of course not. Functioning? Thriving even.
It requires fundamental differences in cultural norms though.
A report last week said that the proposed restrictions and increased premiums could result in 43,000 Montanans losing their health coverage. That’s more than the population of Butte! #LiftTheSunset#MedicaidMatters#KeepMTHealthy#1in10
Word for the day: CEREMONY
Aaniiih: Betten níschachin (bay tehn NEE scah ceen)
Word for the day: CELEBRATION (powwow, social gathering)
Nakoda: Owádi ogaʾįǧežu
We stand in solidarity with the 2019 Montana American Indian Caucus who delivered a powerful letter today denouncing Rep. Greg DeVries intolerable comments on the house floor.
Members of the Indian caucus... https://t.co/m9ib94gzum
We are happy to be a co-sponsor of LGBTQ+ Lobby Day in Montana. Join us Thursday for a full day of advocacy and community building to ensure that all Montanans can live, work, and play in Montana free from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Today, members of the Indian Caucus delivered a powerful letter rebuking Rep. Greg DeVries’ unacceptable rhetoric on the House floor.
“For Native Americans, genocide is our lived experience.” #mtleg#mtpol