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Dan Stusek, representing the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes, speaks in support of a House joint resolution to fully fund law enforcement in Indian Country at a committee meeting on Friday. (Emma White/UM Legislative News)

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Lawmakers hear proposal urging feds to fully fund law enforcement in Indian County
January 16, 2025 midnight

Lawmakers hear proposal urging feds to fully fund law enforcement in Indian County

Tribal leaders and lawmakers are supporting legislation that would urge the federal government to fully fund law enforcement in Indian Country in Montana, where they say agencies are underfunded at a time when reservations are faced with epidemics of drugs and missing and murdered Indigenous people.