‘Build a Better Rez’
Tribal colleges bolster workforce, economy
Billings Gazette
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'For The Sake Of The Nation': Tribal Colleges Revitalize Language, Culture
By Nora Mabie and Cindy Graf, Lee Enterprises GLACIER NATIONAL PARK — A layer of smoke obscured the otherwise iconic mountain vistas that tourists had flocked to see on a hot July day last year. Along the shores of Two Medicine Lake, tucked behind rows of campsites filled with tents and
Filling The Gaps In a Broken System
One woman's mission to improve health outcomes on the Fort Belknap Reservation.
'You don't want to be part of this club': In Fort Peck, death has become part of life
By Nora Mabie, Lee Newspapers Note: This story is part of 'Gone too soon,' a series that examines why Native Americans die a generation younger than their white neighbors in Montana. With support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2023 National Fellowship, Lee Montana newspapers
'People Die Like That'
Native Americans Face Serious Barriers in Accessing Care
Prominent Crow Education Leader Involved in Vast Drug Conspiracy Connected to a Cartel
By Christina Macintosh, Billings Gazette The former Dean of Academics at Little Big Horn College has been named a “ringleader” of a vast drug conspiracy connected to a cartel. Frederica Lefthand, 52, of Lodge Grass, pleaded guilty on Aug. 23 to possession with intent to distribute meth and to conspiracy
Apsáalooke Artist Unveils New Work on the National Mall
By Jake Iverson / Billings Gazette On a recent visit to Washington, D.C., Wendy Red Star was struck by how colorless the National Mall is. “Adding some color would be an interruption to the environment and what’s happening on the Mall,” she remembered thinking. That can be taken a