Kaiden Forman-Webster

4 weeks ago | montanafreepress.org | Nora Mabie |Kaiden Forman-Webster

Members of Montana’s American Indian Caucus say the 2025 legislative session may have been the group’s most successful yet. The state’s American Indian Caucus is an organized group of about a dozen Native American lawmakers who work together to advance legislation they say is good for Indian Country, guided by the principle that what’s good for tribal communities is good for Montana as a whole.

1 month ago | nbcmontana.com | Nora Mabie |Kaiden Forman-Webster

HELENA, Mont. — From allowing a fledgling task force to raise its own money and requiring the creation of a curriculum on how to prevent human trafficking, new laws aim to address the disproportionately high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Montana. Native Americans in Montana are four times more likely to be reported missing than their counterparts, according to a state Department of Justice report.

1 month ago | montanafreepress.org | Nora Mabie |Kaiden Forman-Webster

From allowing a fledgling task force to raise its own money and requiring the creation of a curriculum on how to prevent human trafficking, new laws aim to address the disproportionately high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Montana. Native Americans in Montana are four times more likely to be reported missing than their counterparts, according to a state Department of Justice report.

1 month ago | montanafreepress.org | Nora Mabie |Kaiden Forman-Webster

Legislation signed May 12 by Gov. Greg Gianforte offers a path toward resolving a long-standing law enforcement dispute between the state of Montana, Lake County and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. At the center of the conflict is Public Law 280, a 1950s-era federal law that shifted law enforcement jurisdiction on some Indian reservations from the federal government to certain states.

1 month ago | montanafreepress.org | Nora Mabie |Kaiden Forman-Webster

After a decade-long fight, the state of Montana — home to 12 tribes and seven reservations — will now recognize Indigenous Peoples Day.