From 2019:

#BlackfeetNation to host first-ever Murdered and Missing
#IndigenousWomen tribunal in the U.S.

Posted on September 26, 2019 Last Read Indians, via #CensoredNews

#MMIW tribunal to be held at the Blackfeet Community College in Browning, Montana the weekend of October 4-5 [2019]

"'This is not just a Blackfeet or #Montana tribes’ tragedy, it is an #IndianCountry tragedy, and a national and international disgrace. This is a multi-generational epidemic the federal government has done nothing to address – even less than the #CanadianGovernment – which was found to be complicit in ‘deliberate race, identity and gender-based genocide’ by its own National Inquiry into MMIW,' said Chairman Tim Davis of the Blackfeet Nation. "

"'The Blackfeet Nation is uniquely positioned to host this first of its kind MMIW tribunal in the lower-48 states. The Blackfeet Tribe (Amskapi Pikuni), a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy along with its three sister tribes – the #Piikani, #Blood and #Siksika, located in #AlbertaCanada, stands in solidarity in combatting the issue of MMIW (MMIP) in Indian country. “The truth is that we live in a country whose laws and institutions perpetuate violations of basic human and Indigenous rights. These violations amount to nothing less than the deliberate, often covert campaign of genocide against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people,' wrote Chief Commissioner Marion Buller in Reclaiming Power and Place, the final report of Canada’s National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls published on June 3, 2019.

“'We are not divided by the border we are united in our grief. Many women and children stolen from our communities are trafficked back and forth between the US and Canada,' explained Chairman Davis.
Tribal members constitute seven percent of Montana’s population, but the state identifies some 26 percent of missing persons as Native American. Available evidence suggests that may be a low estimate. Last year’s Urban Indian Health Institute Report identified Montana as the state with the fifth highest incidence of MMIW cases. Billings, which had the same disturbing ranking among cities, is a known-hub on the I-90 corridor through #CrowNation, #Cheyenne and #LakotaDakota country to Minnesota, along which indigenous women and children are trafficked into sex slavery. The western 'track' runs from Missoula to Seattle, Washington. As of spring 2019, Montana had not submitted any MMIW data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 'For those abducted into sex-slavery, the I-90 corridor is a second #HighwayOfTears, said Chairman Davis, drawing a comparison to the infamous highway in #BritishColumbia cited in #ReclaimingPowerAndPlace."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2019/10/blackfeet-nation-to-host-first-ever.html

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Last Call

Damian Charette is an enrolled Crow tribal member. He was raised on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations in Montana and studied art at the University of Montana, Missoula. He is now based in San Antonio, Texas.

“My artwork often references themes common to neighboring Plains Indian Tribes. I incorporate aspects of Native American imagery, stories, and contemporary life into my work in an effort to dispel stereotypes of American Indian people.”

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Laton Alton Huffman (1854–1931) was an Iowa born photographer - Focused on Frontier and Native American life in Montana between 1879 and 1930

1) Crow Scout, 1879
2) Spotted Fawn & Pretty Nose, Cheyenne Sisters, 1878
3) Joe Packineau & Family, Elbowoods, 1902

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Laton Alton Huffman (1854–1931) was an Iowa born photographer - Focused on Frontier and Native American life in Montana between 1879 and 1930

1) Cheyenne Scouts, 1890
2) American Horse’s Daughters
3) White Bull, Being interviewd abt the Custer Battle by OD Wheeler, 1901

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Laton Alton Huffman (1854–1931) was an Iowa born photographer - Focused on Frontier and Native American life in Montana between 1879 and 1930

1) Bad Gun, Gros Ventre Woman
2) Cheyenne Boy
3) Little Crow and his brother

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