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BROWNING, Mont. - Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services are trying to locate a man last contacted March 6. BLES said in a Facebook post 30-year-old Santiago Robledo is described as 6-foot-1, 160 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. His clothing description is unknown. Anyone with information is asked to call BLES at...

GREAT FALLS — A Great Falls man suspected of driving under the influence admitted today to causing the death of his passenger when he crashed in the Browning area, on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Emil Saunders Day Chief, 41, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter....

Folks who follow Blackfeet artists John Isaiah Pepion and Louis Still Smoking have almost certainly seen portraits of famed Blackfeet leaders appearing on the walls of the newly renovated Starr School gym. Even on a computer screen the murals are impressive, but up close and in person the experience is larger than life, as portraits and pictographs surround the viewer. While the project is weeks away from completion, the impact is nonetheless remarkable. “We started when they were renovating the gym and the Tribal Council told us what they wanted,” Pepion said in an interview at the gym on Wednesday, May 17. “That was the first idea; then we did a mockup and had a meeting with them for their approval. That was in the spring of 2021 and we started painting last December.” While the job is indeed large, the artists said they’ve had to interrupt their work many times as the center was used for community gatherings. “It’s been a challenge, but I’m glad we’ve got the time,” Pepion said. “It’s frustrating because there’s been funeral after funeral, and now there’s graduation and a baby shower. We just get in the mood and we have to move, like today. That’s the breaks.” Still Smoking and Pepion bring their own unique approaches to art into their mural-making. “Louis came up with the design,” Pepion said of the Starr School project. “I added a couple colors and some small changes, but mostly it’s like the mockup. Louis does what I would call impressionistic realism in his portraits while I do pictographs that are like the Winter Count. So it’s very Blackfeet in color and design.” The pair was charged with honoring leaders who came from the Starr School area. Those whose portraits are nearly complete include two of Chief Earl Old Person, as well as Two Guns White Calf, Mad Wolf and champion dancer Joe Sam Scabby Robe. “There aren’t many photos of White Calf,” Still Smoking said of the challenge of creating an accurate portrait, “and White Calf was a prominent leader of the Blackfeet. Then there was Earl Old Person, and also Mad Wolf who was a band chief.”

BROWNING, Mont. - Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services (BLES) is trying to locate a person who was last seen Tuesday, May 16. Calob Michael is described as 5-foot-9, 140 pounds, has brown eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing sweat pants and a gray sweater, according to a Facebook...

Morgan Johnson is using her law enforcement background and experience with emergency notification systems in her new role as Pondera County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator. “Pondera County has implemented CodeRED, a high-speed emergency mass notification service,” explains the Pondera County Montana Facebook page. Morgan and her family...

Sweetgrass Development Corporation to use Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to redevelop sites in Glacier and Toole County. Richard Mylott (mylott.richard@epa.gov) Sweetgrass Development Corporation: Carrie Taylor, 406-599-2974, carrie@sweetgrassdevelopment.org . Cut Bank, Mont. (May 25, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the Sweetgrass Development Corporation will receive a $1...

The Valier Senior Center will be closed this Monday, the 22nd. The center will NOT be open on Monday because of a funeral...

BROWNING, Mont. - Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services are looking for a person last seen Sunday, May 14. Jazmon Crossguns is described as being five feet, eight inches tall, weighs 120 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information regarding Jazmon Crossguns is asked to call Blackfeet law...

In an educational, and entrepreneurial collaboration, two Glacier County 4-H Ambassadors recently joined forces with the Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Agent to host an engaging jam-making demonstration for enthusiastic 4th graders. The event, held at Anna Jeffries Elementary, aimed not only to introduce the young participants to the art...

GREAT FALLS — A Browning man who admitted to strangling a woman in the Browning area on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 27 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Brandon Thomas Weatherwax, 32, pleaded guilty...

HELENA, Mont. - Police are searching for a missing Helena man Wednesday.

Folks who have been shopping in the Blackfeet Capitol city the last couple weeks have no doubt noticed their goods are now being handed to them in a paper, not a plastic, bag. A Reservation-wide ordinance, the Tribal Business Council began enforcing it recently as part of an overall beautification plan that is an ongoing and growing project.

Valier High School gained three new members of their chapter of National Honor Society Thursday night as Zachary Boyles, Katelyn LaMere, and Jazmyn Ramos pledged to uphold the standards of their local chapter. “Selection in National Honor Society is based on leadership, scholarship, service, and character. Students are eligible for...

The Browning track and field teams competed in their final two events last week, starting in Whitefish at the Last Chance Triangular on May 11. They followed that with the May 13 Nelson-Thomas ABC meet in Polson. As Coach Bob Miller explained, all the athletes are working to qualify for...

Below is a Facebook post from the Glacier County Sheriff’s Department. For 2023, Fiocchi partnered with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to increase the visibility of poaching incidents in an effort to reduce poaching nationwide. If anyone has information regarding a bull elk being killed and having the horns...

The gym at Browning High School began filling up early on Friday, May 12, as folks began arriving for the 46th Commencement ceremonies of Blackfeet Community College. The stage was set and decorated in school colors as Arlan Edwards and Josh Horn’s singing group performed the Blackfeet Flag Song and the Commencement Song for the Color Guard and James Watts III carrying the Eagle Staff. Miss Blackfeet Mariah Posey Home Gun and the Miss Heart Butte Society Princess led the procession, followed by scores of BCC students receiving their degrees.

Browning High School tennis played at Columbia Falls on Thursday May 11. Browning had two wins and four losses in doubles matches and singles matches. In doubles match results Trysten Hannon and Aubriana Momberg lost 0-8 and won 8-4; Danaia Moreno and Sovereign Smith won 8-4 and lost 4-8; and Vita Demontiney and Rylynn Harwood lost 6-8 and 4-8.

A 32-year-old Browning man who admitted to strangling a woman on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Brandon Thomas Weatherwax pleaded guilty in January to strangulation before Chief...

The Valier Senior Center will be closed this Monday, the 22nd. The center will NOT be open on Monday because of a funeral...

BROWNING, Mont. - Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services (BLES) is trying to locate a person who was last seen Tuesday, May 16. Calob Michael is described as 5-foot-9, 140 pounds, has brown eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing sweat pants and a gray sweater, according to a Facebook...