Our Projects

Family Healing Center

36% of children in foster care in Montana are Native American even though they make up only 9% of the state’s population. 

Native American children are 70% more likely to be placed in foster care than non-Native children even if they share the same family experiences. 

There is a direct link between a history of foster care and Native American girls and boys listed in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons registry….Read More

Restorative Justice

In Montana, Native American people constitute 6% of state residents, but 25% of people in jail and 22% of people in prison.

Native American people are incarcerated in Montana at 5.1 times the rate of non-Natives.

Sexual offenders (all races combined) in Montana reoffend 89% of the time, while indigenous restorative justice programs like the First Nations program in Hallow Water have a recidivism rate of 2%…Read More

Business Incubator

The average life expectancy of Native people in Montana is 20 years younger (or one generation) than their non-Native counterparts due in part to socioeconomic factors.

Big Horn County is the second poorest county in Montana with residents making half the median income of the average Montanan…Read More