# Browning, Montana 59417

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BLACKFEET
TRIBE
RESOURCE DIRECTORY
P.O. Box 850
640 All Chiefs Road
Browning, Montana 59417
Phone: (406) 338-7521/7522
Fax: (406) 338-7530

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The Update to the
Reservation Resource Guide is Courtesy of
the Blackfeet Planning Department.
January 2018
Similar resource directories may be found at
The Blackfeet Community College and various Tribal Programs.
The names of contact people are subject to change within
the departments and programs.

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Table of Contents
Blackfeet Tribal Programs:
Blackfeet Tribal Business Council and Offices
Blackfeet Bison Project
Blackfeet Care Center (Nursing Home)
Blackfeet Chief Mountain Hotshots
Blackfeet Child & Family Services Division
Blackfeet Child Care
Blackfeet Child Support Enforcement Services
Blackfeet Community College (BCC)
Blackfeet Agriculture Resource Management Plan (ARMP)
Blackfeet Community Health Representatives (CHR’s)
Blackfeet Crystal Creek Lodge Treatment Center
Blackfeet Documents
Blackfeet Domestic Violence
Blackfeet Eagle Shields Center & PCA Program
Blackfeet Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Blackfeet Enrollment
Blackfeet Environmental
Blackfeet Extension Office
Blackfeet Facilities
Blackfeet Finance
Blackfeet Fish & Wildlife
Blackfeet Food Distribution (Commodity Program)
Blackfeet Gaming
Blackfeet Global Information System (GIS)
Blackfeet Glenn Heavy Runner Swimming Pool
Blackfeet Headstart Early Childhood Center (Headstart)
Blackfeet Heart Butte Senior Center
Blackfeet Higher Education
Blackfeet Home Improvement Program (HIP)
Blackfeet Homeland Security
Blackfeet Honor Your Life
Blackfeet Housing
Blackfeet Johnson O’Malley (JOM)
Blackfeet Land Department

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Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services
Blackfeet Legal Department
Blackfeet Low Income Housing Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP)
Blackfeet Manpower One-Stop Office
Blackfeet Medicine Bear Shelter
Blackfeet MSU Extension Office
Blackfeet Nurturing Center
Blackfeet Oil & Gas
Blackfeet Parks & Recreation
Blackfeet Personnel
Blackfeet Planning & Economic Development
Blackfeet Procurement
Blackfeet Revenue
Blackfeet Self-Insurance
Blackfeet Southern Piegan Diabetes Center
Blackfeet Southern Piegan Health Center
Blackfeet Tobacco Use Prevention
Blackfeet Transportation
Blackfeet Transit
Blackfeet Tribal Credit
Blackfeet Tribal Court
Blackfeet Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO)
Blackfeet Tribal Health
Blackfeet Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO)
Blackfeet Utilities Commission/Solid Waste
Blackfeet Veteran Affairs
Blackfeet Water Resources
Blackfeet Women, Infant, & Child Program (WIC)
Public and Private Schools:
Browning Public Schools Administration and School Board
Browning Public Schools High School
Browning Public Schools K.W. Bergan Primary School
Browning Public Schools Napi Elementary
Browning Public Schools Middle School
Browning Public Schools Vina Chattin
Browning Public Schools Special Services

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Browning Public Schools Transportation Department
Browning Public Schools Parent & Community Outreach
Browning Public Schools Colony Schools - Babb, Big Sky,
and Glendale
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
BIA Blackfeet Boarding Dormitories (Boarding Dorm)
Cuts Wood School
De La Salle Blackfeet School
Browning Community:
Blackfeet United Methodist Church
Browning Full Gospel Church
DLBS Thrift Store
Faith Dominion Center
Four Winds Assembly of God
Glacier County Office of Public Assistance
Glacier Family Foods & Lil Glacier Peaks
Glacier Peaks Hotel & Casino
Glacier View Baptist Chapel
Little Flower Parish
Montana Legal Services Association
Museum of the Plains Indians
Northern Winds Recovery Center
Oki Communications
Opportunities Inc. Dusty Bull Training Center
SIYEH Development Corporation
Starlink Cable
Two-Medicine Water Company
Indian Health Services:
Blackfeet Indian Health Services (I.H.S.)
Contract Health Services
Outlying Communities:
Babb/St. Mary
East Glacier
Heart Butte
Seville
Starr School

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BLACKFEET TRIBAL PROGRAMS:
Blackfeet Tribal Business Council and Offices
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
Main Switchboard….……
338-7521 or 338-7522
Switchboard Operator-Lorraine Morgan.. Ext. 2101
Switchboard Operator-Telisa Pongah … Ext. 2102
FAX#........................................................ 338-7530
3 Rivers (In house Extension)…………… Ext.348
Location:
640 All Chiefs Road – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F
Staff:
Chairman’s Office………………………… 338-3513
Vice Chairman’s Office…………………… 338-7179
Secretary’s Office………………………… 338-5194
Council Member……………………………338-4389
Council Member……………………………338-7103
Council Member……………………………338-7276
Council Member……………………………338-7391
Council Member……………………………338-7531
Council Member……………………………338-4388
Purpose: The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council is the duly constituted
governing body within the exterior boundaries of the Blackfeet Indian
Nation. The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council has been organized to
represent, develop, protect and advance the views, interests, education,
and resources of the Blackfeet Nation.

Blackfeet Bison Project
Address:

PO Box 850
Browning, MT 59417
Phone:
338-7521
Fax:
338-7530
Location:
640 All Chiefs Road – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Ervin Carlson
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Purpose: Bison Restoration, Wildlife Habitat Conservation, Food
Sovereignty, Ecotourism, Culture Revitalization and more.

Blackfeet Care Center (Nursing Home)
Address:

P.O Box 728
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2686
Fax:
338-7779
Location:
120 Agency Road - Government Square
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (24 hrs.)
Director:
Martha Harrison
Purpose: Provide long term care for elders with a forty-seven (47) Bed
Skilled Nursing Facility.
Eligibility:
People in need of long term care.

Blackfeet Chief Mountain Hot Shots
Address:

PO Box 850
Browning, MT 59417
Phone:
338-2938
Fax:
338-3786
Location:
BIA Building 10 Grandpa Road – Fire Cashe
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. M-F
Supervisor:
Lyle St. Goddard
Purpose: The Chief Mountain Hotshots are a Native American Elite
Firefighting crew known as the ‘Warriors of the forest”. The crew will be in
existence for 30 years as of 2018 and are a highly trained self-sufficient
hot shot crew, working in wildland firefighting. The hotshot crew works 15
to 20 large fire incidents and travel 10,000 to 20,000 miles a year. When
the crew is not on any fire incidents they assist the Blackfeet Nation with
community service. They help in spring clean-up, assist local people in
burn permits, obtain fire wood for elderly and for spiritual needs and also
works with the Blackfeet Tribe on fuel and fire management issues.

Blackfeet Child & Family Services Division
Address:
Phone:
Fax:

P.O Box 588
Browning, Mt 59417
338-5181 or 338-5180
338-7726
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Location:
605 SW Boundary Street – Old Tribal Court Building
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Director:
Mary Ellen LaFromboise
Staff:
Home Base – Sandra Calf Boss Ribs & Mary Cooper
Child Protection – Carl McLean
ICWA – Kathy Calf Boss Ribs
Foster Care – Evie Bird Rattler
Montana Child Abuse Hot Line 1-800-820-5437

Blackfeet Child Care
Address:

Drawer 528
Browning, MT 59417
Phone:
338-7370
Location:
615 S. Piegan - Early Head Start Building
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. M-F
Supervisor:
LaShonda Tatsey
Purpose: Provide child care services to parents with children ages 0-5,
who are working, in school or in a training program
Eligibility: Cost: Ages 0-2- $25.00 per day. Ages 2-4- $22.00 per day

Blackfeet Child Support Enforcement Services
Address:

PO Box 850
Browning, MT 59417
Phone:
338-3803/3804
Fax:
338-3805
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Agnes Black Weasel

Blackfeet Community College (BCC)
Address:

P.O Box 819
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5441 or 338-5411
Toll Free Number……….(800) 549-7457
Fax:
338-3272
Location:
504 SE Boundary Street - across from BIA building
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
President:
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Mission Statement: The purpose of the Blackfeet Community College is
to provide the Blackfeet Nation and our “Universal Community” access to
quality educational programs that prepare students for achievement in
higher education, meaningful employment, basic skills instruction, and
community education, while integrating the Blackfeet culture and
language.
Purpose: The Blackfeet Tribe recognizes the need for quality education in
its quest for survival in the future. The Blackfeet Community College, a
tribal chartered institution of higher education, is a tribal effort to achieve a
balance between education advancement and cultural preservation. The
college, reflecting the needs of the tribe, will provide access to education
for all people on the reservation who wish to participate in the betterment
of their own future and that of the Blackfeet people without needless harm
to their sovereign way of life.
Eligibility: Open Door Policy

Blackfeet Agriculture Resource Management Plan
(ARMP)
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT 59417
Phone:
338-7521 ext. 2370
Fax #:
338-7530
Location:
640 All Chiefs Road – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Project Manager: Loren Bird Rattler

Blackfeet Community Health Representatives
(CHR’s)
Address:

P.O Box 547
Browning, MT 59417
Phone:
338-2477
Fax #:
338-5089
Location:
307 N Piegan Street (kitty corner to Nevins Tire Shop)
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Terry Michell
Mission Statement: To provide quality outreach health care and health
promotion/disease prevention services to the Blackfeet community
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through the use of well-trained CHR’s as mandated by Section 107 of P.L.
100-713, dated November 23, 1988.
Eligibility: Health need, elderly and handicapped. No income guidelines.

Blackfeet Crystal Creek Lodge Treatment Center
Address:

P.O Box 450
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-6330
Fax:
338-7660
Location:
807 N. Piegan St. – Tribal Health Complex
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Director:
Louella Heavy Runner
Purpose: Provide in-patient treatment to chemically dependent
individuals: provide individuals and family counseling: intervention
education and awareness services; 35 day inpatient treatment; adult and
adolescents assessment; aftercare, referral and follow up. Recently added
to services: inpatient treatment for pregnant women.
Eligibility: Adult (any member or direct descendent of a federally
recognized tribe). Youth, 13 to 18 years old.

Blackfeet Documents
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7990
Fax:
338-7275
Location:
660 All Chiefs Road – Roland Kennerly Building
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F
Director:
Rebecca Rosenberger

Blackfeet Domestic Violence
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2408
Fax:
338-2401
Location:
1015 5th Ave NE
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F
Director:
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Mission Statement: The Blackfeet Domestic Violence Program will make
every effort to provide; safety, resources for services, legal services and to
end violence in the lives of those victims and their families who seek help
from the BDVP. The BDVP will strive to decrease violence on the
Blackfeet Reservation by coordinating and cooperating with police and
court systems, to ensure that those who choose to commit violence
against women and children will be prosecuted.

Blackfeet Eagle Shields Center & PCA Program
Address:

P.O Box 76
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7257
Fax:
338-3480
Location:
5525 Haul Road
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m M-F
Director:
Carrie Bearchief-Evans
Staff:
PCA Manager – Hope Heavy Runner
338-3483
PCA Scheduler – Sharon Bennett
338-3482
Self-Direct Coordinator – Jessica Edwards 338-3482
Caregiver Plan Facilitator – Gary Brown 338-7906
Mission Statement: To provide adequate services to enhance the quality
of life for the elderly and disabled/handicapped individuals on the
Blackfeet Reservation so as to improve/maintain health, nutrition and
social participation in order to prolong independent lifestyles for these
most vulnerable individuals. Taking care of each other in the Blackfeet
community focusing on elders, we offer a network of support and
assistance to improve the quality of care for family caregivers and elders.
One of our goals is to restore the Blackfeet Traditional family values,
rebuilding our tradition for Respect, Love and Honor. We are dedicated to
keeping the Spiritual, Physical, Mental and Emotional life in balance.
Eligibility: Must be 60 years of age or older

Blackfeet Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Address:
Phone:
Fax:

P.O Box 490
Browning, Mt 59417
Emergency Room 338-6164 or 911
338-5455, 338-2481, 338-7567 (EMS)
338-7027
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Location:
809 N. Piegan St. - Tribal Health Complex
Business Hours:24 hours a day for emergencies
8:00 a.m - 4:30 p.m Mon.-Fri.
Director:
Nora Kennedy
Purpose: to provide ambulance service

Blackfeet Enrollment
Address:

PO Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-3533
Fax:
338-5233
Location:
660 All Chiefs Rd. – Roland Kennerly Building
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Misty Hall

Blackfeet Environmental
Address:

P.O Box 2029
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7421
Fax:
338-7451
Location:
62 Hospital Drive
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Gerald Wagner
Mission Statement: The mission and goals of the Blackfeet Environmental
Office are to “Protect, Preserve and Enhance the environment of the
Blackfeet Reservation and carry out environmental stewardship through
development and implementation of environmental policies and
regulations. These policies and regulations are being developed to
protect the health and welfare of the people and the reservation’s natural
and ecological resources.”

Blackfeet Extension Office
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-2650
Fax:
338-3529
Location:
660 All Chiefs Road – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Verna Billedeaux
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Blackfeet Facilities
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7960
Fax:
338-3548
Location:
14 Commodity Trail
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Donna Yellow Owl

Blackfeet Finance
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7342 or 338-7641
Fax:
338-2832
Location:
#9 Old Person St – Finance Bldg.-Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Staff:
Melissa Augare – Finance Director
Tinswella Bird Rattler – Treasurer

Blackfeet Fish & Wildlife
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7207
Fax:
338-4751
Location:
24 Starr School Road
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Dona Rutherford
Mission Statement: To provide the BTBC with data and proposed
guidelines on all matters concerning wildlife so that decisions and actions
are made realizing their effects on all biota found on the Reservation and
their habitats.

Blackfeet Food Distribution (Commodity Program)
Address:
Phone:
Fax:

P.O Box 3003
Browning, Mt 59417
338-7340
338-7969

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Location: 304 Medicine Bull (across from Tribal Maintenance bldg.)
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Director:
Roy Crawford Jr
Purpose: To supplement food staples for low income families; provide
temporary emergency food assistance; and delivery services available to
qualified elderly and the handicapped.
Eligibility: Must meet the income guidelines set by the U.S.D.A

Blackfeet Gaming
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2249
Fax:
338-7656
Location:
#9 Old Person St.- Finance Bldg.-Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Director:

Blackfeet Global Information System (GIS)
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2667
Fax:
338-7530
Location:
640 All Chiefs Road – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Director:
Cliff Ollinger

Blackfeet Glenn Heavy Runner Swimming Pool
Address:

P.O. Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7440
Fax:
338-3897
Location:
114 5th Ave. SW - Next to Head Start Building
Open Hours to Public: 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. M-Th (6:00pm Fri)
9:00 am to 11:00 am Sat
Reserved birthday parties – Sat. & Sun.
Director:
Vic Hall
Purpose: To provide safe swimming facilities and activities
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Eligibility: Everyone is welcome to utilize the facilities
Daily Fees:
Adult (ages 15 – 59)
$10.00
Youth (ages 14 & under)
$2.00
Senior Citizens (ages 60 & over)
$8.00
Membership Fees: All memberships are of “use or lose’ status

Blackfeet Early Childhood Center (Headstart)
Address:

P.O Box 528
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7370
Fax:
338-7090
Location:
615 S. Piegan
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Director:
Minetta Armstrong
Outlying Centers:
Heart Butte…………. 338-5215
Seville Center……… 873-4858
Star School………… 338-2727
Babb/St.Mary………. 732-5514
BCC…………………
338-2631
Purpose: To provide children with a learning environment and experience.

Blackfeet Heart Butte Senior Center
Address:

P.O Box 99
Heart Butte, MT. 59448
Phone:
338-2222
Location:
12 Government Loop
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Director:
Burton Butterfly, Acting
Services: 60+ years, Commodity Supplemental Food Program;
Congregate Meals; Home Delivered Meals; Activities; Blood Pressure
Screening; Podiatry/Foot Care; Friendly Visiting; Home Visit Volunteer
Opportunities

Blackfeet Higher Education
Address:
Phone:
Fax:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
338-7539
338-7529

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Location:
#9 Old Person St.- Finance Bldg.-Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Director:
Lyle MacDonald
Purpose: Coordinates the various tribal education programs, services and
activities; serves as a liaison between financial aid services to students.
Eligibility: Individuals interested in education services.

Blackfeet Home Improvement Program (HIP)
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7521
Fax:
338-7530
Location:
40 All Chiefs Rd. – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Director:

Blackfeet Homeland Security
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7667
Fax:
338-4619
Location:
640 All Chiefs Rd. – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Robert DesRosier

Blackfeet Honor Your Life
Address:

P.O Box 866
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:338-5563
Location:
201 1st Ave NE
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Staff: Meth & Suicide Prevention Initiative & Domestic Violence Prev.
Initiative Coordinator - Jade-Heather Ackerman-Lepotoski
Injury Prevention Coordinator – Debbie Whitegrass-Bullshoe
Community Wellness Coordinator – Marlene Kindness
Partnership for Success – Underage Drinking & Prescription
Drugs Coordinator-Bernadette Yellow Owl
Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court Coordinator – Chaniel Grant
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Adult Healing to Wellness Court Coordinator – Wilma Mad Plume
Purpose: Honor Your Life focuses on prevention resources, activities,
support groups, community events that support and encourage the health
and well-being of the Blackfeet Nation. We are comprised of 7 different
program/grants. We are able to cater to different aspects of prevention
within our community.

Blackfeet Housing
Address:

P.O Box 790
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5031 338-3220 338-5041 338-5051 338-5704
338-5707 338-5709 338-7020 338-7743 338-5296
Fax:
338-5731……………..Executive Director Fax
Location:
1200 SW Boundary
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m
Director:
Chancy Kittson
Purpose: Remedies unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions that are
injurious to the public health, safety and morale; alleviated the acute
shortage of housing and provides employment opportunities.
Eligibility: Mutual Help applicants must be an enrolled member of the tribe
and must meet income guidelines.

Blackfeet Johnson O’Malley (JOM)
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7538
Fax:
338-7483
Location:
#9 Old Person St – Finance Bldg.-Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Director:
Harold Dusty Bull
Purpose: a federally funded supplemental education program that is
designed to help Indian students, (pre-school through grade 12), with their
education needs. Following is a list of services that can be provided
through the J.O.M Program; Career programs; home/school coordinator
programs; reading programs; study skill building programs; reference and
reading libraries; drug and alcohol abuse workshops/programs; and
student, parent, and school staff education workshops.
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Eligibility: Must be at least ¼ degree Indian blood and or enrolled in a
Federally Recognized Tribe and attend schools on or adjacent to the
Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

Blackfeet Land Department
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2667
Fax:
338-4692
Location:
640 All Chiefs Rd. – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. M-F
Director:
Mark Magee

Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services
Address:

P.O Box 570
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-4000, 338-4001, 338-3637 or 911
Fax:
338-3605
Location:
725 SW Boundary Street (old Headstart building)
Business Hours: 24 Hours a day/ 7 days a week
Chief of Police: Jess Edwards
Purpose: Provide Law enforcement services within the boundaries of the
reservation.

Blackfeet Legal Department
Address:

P.O Box 849
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7777
Fax:
338-5363
Location:
660 All Chiefs Rd. – Roland Kennerly Bldg.
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Lawyers:
Derek Kline
Purpose: To assist the Tribal Council in all legal affairs.
Eligibility: Tribal Council Referral

Blackfeet Low Income Housing Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP)
Address:

P.O Box 850

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Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7977
Fax:
338-5163
Location:
703 North Piegan Street
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m. Mon-Thurs
Director:
Craig Wellman
Purpose:Assist Indian household on the reservation with the costs of
home heating.
Eligibility: Will provide services to household whose gross income is
verified as eligible by Federal Poverty Guidelines; must reside on the
reservation and be of a Federally Recognized Tribe.
SUB-Project: (1.)Crisis Intervention-Services needed to resolve energy
related emergencies. (2.) Energy Conservation-Counseling on ways to
conserve home energy. (3.) Chimney Cleaning Equipment-available on a
loan basis for any reservation household.

Blackfeet Manpower One-Stop Office
Address:

P.O Box 1090
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2111 338-3821 338-3822
Fax:
338-5540
Location:
409 N. Piegan Street
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Director:
George G.Kipp
Departments: State Work Activity Program
Tribal TANF
Fatherhood Is Sacred
Workforce Investment Act
Human Resources
Job Service
General Assistance
NACTEP
Child Support Enforcement
Teen Pregnancy & Parenting
The Nature Conservancy
GED Study & Testing
Vocational Rehabilitation
Child Care Development Fund
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338-3823

Blackfeet Veterans Alliance
AmeriCorps VISTA
Chewing Blackbones, Duck Lake, Red Eagle & Buffalo
Calf Campgrounds Managers
Purpose: The target population is low income individuals with multiple
employment barriers, for training and employment opportunities. The
Blackfeet TANF Program serves single and two parent families on public
assistance to become self-sufficient with training and / or education.

Blackfeet Medicine Bear Shelter
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7842
Fax:
338-3742
Location:
201 2nd Street NW
Business Hours: Open 24 hours a day/7 days a week
Director:
Mercedes Old Person
Purpose: Provide hot meals for those in need; provide counseling and
referrals to appropriate agencies; and is a meeting place for community
centered groups, Indian cultural activities and meetings.
Eligibility: Open to anyone in need of these services.

Blackfeet Nurturing Center
Address:

P.O Box 3010
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7026
Fax:
338-7096
Location:
63 Hospital Drive
Business Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Director:
Mary Louise DeRoche
Purpose:The program provides short-tern residential shelter and care to
children experiencing crisis and in need of a safe, neutral, and healthy
environment to alleviate the effects of the crisis. The program attempts to
provide personalized individual attention, positive role-modeling, and
advocacy for each child, as needed. Children served by the program
include those who appear to be homeless, abused, neglected, pushed out
of the home, wards of the State, or courts, and those awaiting court
hearings or alternative living arrangements.
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Eligibility: Children 0-18

Blackfeet Oil & Gas
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-5545, 338-3026
Fax:
338-5147, 338-3331
Location:
#9 Old Person St – Finance Bldg.-Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F
Staff:
Oil & Gas Audit Director – Julie Lenoir
Oil & Gas Minerals Director – Ron Cross Guns
BLM Director – Grinnell Day Chief

Blackfeet Parks & Recreation
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7406
Fax:
338-7206
Location:
16 Old Person Street
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F
Director:
Stephanie Vielle

Blackfeet Personnel
Address:

P.O Box 1790
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7307
Fax:
338-7313
Location:
#19 Grandpa Road (White Personnel Trailer)
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F
Director:
Dana Pemberton
Purpose: The Blackfeet Tribal Personnel Department is responsible to
promote effective personnel management of all present employees and
equal employment opportunities for all candidates seeking employment
with the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Nation. The department
manages personnel matters for the Blackfeet Tribe’s 60+ programs and
departments.

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Blackfeet Planning & Economic Development
Address:

P.O Box 2809
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7406
Fax:
338-7206
Location:
16 Old Person Street
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F
Director:
Cheryl Reevis
Mission Statement: To provide a positive and comprehensive planning
approach to enhance community and economic development; that will
enrich the natural resource base of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and;
that fosters the culture and traditions of the Blackfeet Nation.

Blackfeet Procurement
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-5545
Fax:
338-7966
Location:
#9 Old Person St – Finance Bldg.-Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F
Director:
Trish Kuka

Blackfeet Revenue
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7130
Fax:
338-5556
Location:
6 Old Person Street
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F
Director:
Kim Boy

Blackfeet Self-Insurance
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7130
Fax:
338-5556
Location:
6 Old Person Street
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F
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Director:

Terrie White

Blackfeet Southern Piegan Diabetes Center
Address:

P.O Box
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-3680
Location:
503 Popimi St. (trailer next to Nursing Home)
Business Hours: 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. M-Th
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Fri.
Director:
Michelle Brown

Blackfeet Southern Piegan Health Center
Address:

P.O Box 1289
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7912, 338-7907
Fax #:
338-2481
Location:
503 Popimi St. (trailer next to Nursing Home)
Business Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. M-Fri
Director:
Jody Guardipee

Blackfeet Tobacco Use Prevention
Address:

P.O Box 866
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-2413
Location:
513 Popimi St.
Business Hours:8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Nadine Little Plume
Mission Statement: The mission of the Blackfeet Tobacco Use Prevention
Program (BTUPP) is to address the public health crisis caused by the use
of all forms of commercial tobacco products. BTUPP will work to eliminate
tobacco use, especially among young people throughout the Blackfeet
Nation programs and policies.

Blackfeet Transportation
Address:
Phone:
Fax:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
338-7445
338-7745
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Location:
660 All Chiefs Road – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m M-Fri
Staff:
Transportation Director – Don White
S.O.A.R. Coordinator - Jaunita Wagner

Blackfeet Transit
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5604 or 338-5007
Fax:
338-7530
Location:
56 Hospital Drive
Director:
Cheryl Wells
Purpose: The Blackfeet Transit has served the general public and is
currently serving the elderly and handicapped. In addition to Browning
residents we also take Heart Butte elderly on monthly shopping trips. The
Blackfeet Community College students also use our transportation to and
from class as well as transporting Nursing Home residents when their
vehicle is not available.
Eligibility: All ages, however, parents must accompany children at all
times.
Rates: Elders & Handicap………………………………………………Free
In-town………………………………………..…… $1.00 one way
Out of City Limits………………………………… $1.50 one way
Out of Town Over 1 mile, Less than 5 miles…… $3.00 one way
Out of Town Over 5 miles……………………….. $5.00 one way
Monthly Pass or 67 Rides…………………………..$45.00
Monthly Pass BCC Students or 52 Rides…………$35.00
10 Ride Pass (out of town over 5 miles)…………..$30.00
30 Ride Pass (out of town over 1 mile)……………$20.00
Fifteen Ride Pass (in town)…………………………$10.00
Once you leave the vehicle this is considered a one-way ride. We close
on Fridays at 3:30 for maintenance and inspection
Of vehicles.

Blackfeet Tribal Credit
Address:
Phone:

P.O Box 3070
Browning, Mt 59417
338-7523
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Fax:
338-7350
Location:
660 All Chiefs Road – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m M-Fri
Director:
Marlene A. Doney

Blackfeet Tribal Court
Address:

P.O Box 1170
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5061 or 338-5071
Fax:
338-2722
Location: 90 Highway 464 (building across from Glacier Way C-Store)
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m M-Fri
Director:
Christy Horn
Staff:
Clerks
Family Court
Defenders
Prosecution
Judges
Purpose: Hear cases pertaining to any legal matters, adjudication of
cases, referrals to appropriate agencies when necessary.

Blackfeet Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO)
Address:

P.O Box 825
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7887
Fax:
338-7117
Location:
65 Hospital Drive - building next to Nurturing Center
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m M-F
Director:
Teola Fish
Purpose:Enforces Indian employment preference on the reservation;
refers applicants to job sites and does follow up. Provides other
employment related service to Native Americans and to area employers.

Blackfeet Tribal Health
Address:
Phone:
Fax:

P.O Box 866
Browning, MT. 59417
338-6317
338-6311
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Location:
807 N Piegan Street-Old I.H.S. Building
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Director:
Rosemary Cree Medicine

Blackfeet Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO)
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, MT. 59417
Phone:
338-7521
Fax:
338-7530
Location:
660 All Chiefs Road – Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Director:
John Murray

Blackfeet Utilities Commission/Solid Waste
Address:

P.O Box 1369
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5702
Fax:
338-7309
Location:
#63 Heart Butte Rd. – BIA Rt. 1
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Director:
Brian Crawford
Purpose: To operate water system, sewer lagoons, and solid waste
management on the reservation.

Blackfeet Veterans Affairs
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7521
Fax:
338-7530
Location:
660 All Chiefs Rd. - Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m. M-F
Director:
Keith Heavy Runner
Purpose: Provides support for veterans and their families who have
alcohol and drug problems, provides alternative activities for the individual
veteran and their families; coordinates with other local agencies.
Eligibility: Veterans of any area; also works with dishonorably discharged
when possible.
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Blackfeet Water Resources
Address:

P.O Box 850
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5525
Fax:
338-7530
Location:
660 All Chiefs Rd. - Tribal Headquarters
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m M-Fri
Staff:
Water Resources Director – Jerry Lunak
Domestic Water Director – Ray Augare

Blackfeet Women, Infant, and Child Program (WIC)
Address:

P.O Box 2969
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5311
Fax:
338-4581
Location:
6 Old Person St. - Across from Self-Insurance Trailer
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
Director:
Dorothy Champine
Purpose: The purpose of WIC is to provide supplemental foods, nutrition
education and referral health care to pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants and children to the age of 5.
Eligibility: Risk factor- age 0-5 years for children; pregnant women- up to
six weeks after baby is born; breastfeeding women up to a year if they are
breast feeding at least once a day.
Note: Must have an appointment to be seen, not accepting walk-ins.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS:
Browning Public Schools Administration and School
Board
Address:

Phone:
Fax:
Location:
Staff:

PO Box 610
Browning Mt. 59417
338-2715
338-2708
129 1st Ave SE
Corrina Guardipee-Hall………… Superintendent
Carlene Adamson…………… Secretary
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Current Board Members: Wendy Bremner, Brian Gallup, James Evans,
Valden Calica, Kristy Salway-Bullshoe,
Jess Edwards, Steve Conway, James Running
Fisher
Board Meetings: Regular monthly meetings are held the second Tuesday
of each month at 5:00 p.m. and last? / Wednesday of each month at 5:00
p.m. in the board room at the administration Office unless notification is
given otherwise. Special meetings are called through regularly adopted
procedures with legal action restricted to those items listed in the notice of
the meetings.
To address the board, please consider using the public comment time
during one of the upcoming board meetings. You may reach any of the
board members by leaving a message with the board secretary at 406338-2715 x-4218. You can alternatively reach the entire board by
electronic e-mail at schoolboard@bps.k12.mt.us. To maximize
transparency and to facilitate the fastest possible response, your e-mail
will automatically be distributed to all members of the school board and
the superintendent. Please include your name and phone number to help
facilitate the most appropriate response. Note that any e-mail sent to this
address is subject to public inspection pursuant to MCA 2-6-102.
Trustees term ends in May of the year noted.
* Trustees that filled a vacant position. Trustees will run for election at the
next general school board election. That winning candidate will then
complete the remainder of the term until that seat is up for election .

Browning Public Schools-High School
Address:

P.O Box 809
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2745
Fax:
338-2844
Location:
105 Hwy 89
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m. During the school year.
Staff:
John Salois.............................. Principal
Billie Jo Juneau………………… Assistant Principal
Josephine Wagner.................. Secretary
Purpose: It is the mission of Browning High School to foster the mental,
physical, social, and cultural aspects of each student within the context of
family and tribal life, and to place special emphasis on the development of
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the whole person, Browning High School assures equal access for all
students to education opportunities available. Browning High School will
regulate and coordinate the policies and procedures which assure all
students receive the best possible educational experience in the most
efficient manner possible.

Browning Public Schools-K.W. Bergan Primary
School
Address:

P.O. Box 629
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2756
Fax:
338-5607
Location:
210 1st Ave SE
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m during the school year
Staff:
Toni Tatsey…………………
Principal
Natasha Siliezar…………….
Assistant Principle
Rose Tail Feathers………….
Secretary
Purpose: Elementary Education of Kindergarten and first grade students
in Browning. In addition to the regular school program, students are
offered other services which include the Reading Recovery, Resources,
Speech, P.E., Music a full time counselor, Bilingual Education, and other
educational services. We are implementing a Full Day Kindergarten for all
Kindergarten students.

Browning Public Schools-Napi Elementary
Address:

P.O. Box 649
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2735
Fax:
338-3350
Location:
112 1st Ave. SE
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m during the school year
Staff:
Sicily Bird…………..
Principal
Jessica Racine……….. Assistant Principal
Kim Bird Rattler …… Secretary
Purpose: Fourth, fifth, and sixth grade elementary school education with
Bilingual, Chapter 1. Guidance counselor, music and resources services.

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Browning Public Schools-Middle School
Address:

P.O. Box 789
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2725
Fax:
338-5320
Location:
901 S Piegan St
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m during the school year
Staff:
Dennis Juneau…………………. Principal
Angela Heavy Runner…………. Assistant Principal
Edna Pollock ……………….
Secretary
Purpose: We believe that Browning Middle School, in cooperation with
the community and its resources, should provide successful learning
experiences for every child. We further believe that these experiences
should assist each child in becoming a productive, creative, culturally
aware, responsible member of our reservation and community prepared to
compete anywhere in our changing world. The middle school should meet
the ever changing physical, mental, emotional, culture, and social needs
of middle school children. It should provide a transition between the
department environment of the elementary school and the independent
environment of the high school. It should strengthen basic skills, introduce
abstract concepts, and provide opportunities for exposure to a variety of
exploratory subjects. The middle school should create a safe atmosphere
for the success and development of self-reliance and responsibility. As we
strive to meet these goals, we also strive to allow our young people to be
themselves and to grow to their fullest potential.

Browning Public Schools-Vina Chattin
Address:

P.O. Box 629
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2758
Fax:
338-5625
Location:
208 1st Ave SW
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m during the school year
Staff:
Toni Tatsey………………….
Principal
Natasha Siliezar…………….
Assistant Principle
Lynell Bullshoe………………
Counselor
Purpose: The Vina Chattin School consists of second and third grade
classrooms. One resource room with two teachers, speech teachers, full30

time P.E teacher, Chapter 1 teachers, one media specialist, school
psychologist, T.A’s, two music teachers, a full-time counselor, two full time
custodians, a full-time secretary, and principal.

Browning Public Schools-Special Services
Address:

P.O. Box 610
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-3429
Fax:
338-3319
Location
111 1st Ave SW
Business Hours: 8:00 am to 4:30 p.m. during the school year
Director:
Jill Mattingly
Purpose: Child Find- Evaluation for any child who may have a disability 021 years of age. Individual Education Plan development screening for
possible ADHD conditions. Services related to disabilities such as
adaptive P.E. resource classroom, and speech therapy. A child must be
identified as having a specific educational disability prior to developing an
individual education plan.

Browning Public Schools-Transportation Department
Address:

P.O. Box 610
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2952
Fax:
338-3207
Location
12 Bus Garage Rd
Business Hours: 6:00 am to 5:00 p.m. during the school year
Supervisor:
Wayne Hall
Purpose: Transportation at School District #9 is a big business. We bus
nearly half of our students to and from school on 18 regular bus routes
and up to five part-time “special runs”.
Eligibility: Students must live at least 3 miles from school to ride the
school bus.

Browning Public Schools Parent and Community
Outreach
Address:
Phone:

P.O. Box 610
Browning, Mt 59417
338-5025

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Fax:
338-2708
Location
112 1st Ave SE
Business Hours: Flexible
Supervisor:
Carrie Hirst
Purpose: Improve Adult Basic Education skills of parents/guardians
through local service such as GED. Adult Basic Education and Training.
Improve children’s abilities as learners by using early childhood education
concepts. Improve children’s abilities as teachers and parents through
basic parenting concepts, literacy in the homes and parent involvement.
These activities will incorporate culturally- relevant resources and an
approach that supports traditional Blackfeet values and culture.
Eligibility: One or both parents/caregivers/grandparents, must not have
completed high school or are lacking literacy skills. Must have at least one
child five years or younger, priorities for eligibility are low income, disability
families.

Browning Public Schools Colony Schools-Babb, Big
Sky and Glendale
Address:

Phone:
Fax
Location:
Staff:
Address:

Babb Elementary School
School Dist. #9
P.O. Box 70
Babb, MT 59411
732-5539
732-9255
4063 Hwy 89 N
Jill Mattingly……..
Principle

Phone:
Fax:
Location:
Staff:

Glendale Colony Elementary
School District #9
P.O. Box 850
Del Bonita Road
Cut Bank, MT 59427
336-2635
336-2635
Del Bonita Rd
Natasha Siliezar…….. Principle

Address:

Big Sky Colony Elementary
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Phone:
Fax:
Location:
Staff:

School District #9
P.O. Box 147
Del Bonita Road
Cut Bank, Mt 59427
336-3790
336-3790
Del Bonita Rd
Natasha Siliezar……..Principal

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
Address:

Phone:
Fax:
Location:
Staff:
Departments:

PO Box 880
Browning Mt. 59417
338-7544
338- 2968
531 SE Boundary Street
Thedis Crowe………………….. Superintendent
Mary Aimsback………………… Admin Assistant
Administration……………………………. 338-7544
Finance/Self Determination…………….. 338-5966
Property & Supply……………………….. 338-7395
Facility Management……………………. 338-3243
Realty…………………………. 338-7382/338-4330
Oil & Gas………………………………… 338-7516
Right of Way…………………………….. 338-7351
Farm Leasing………………….. 338-7186/338-4332
Probate & Wills………………… 338-7226/338-4331
Range………………………….. 338-7517/338-7520
Forestry…………………………………… 338-7498
Fire Cache……………………… 338-2845/338-2946
Irrigation………………………………….. 338-7519
Roads Maintenance……………. 338-5331/338-3528
Roads Construction……………………… 338-3375
Office of Trust Management (IIM)……… 338-7518
338-7514/338-3798/338-4358/338-4359
Toll Free #: 1-888-678-6838
Victim Witness Program…………………. 338-2307
FBI-Shelby MT……………………………. 424-8411
Probation………………………………….. 338-5921
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Security …………………………………… 338-3635

BIA Blackfeet Dormitories (Boarding Dorm)
Address:

P.O. Box 627
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7441
Business Hours: 7:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Supervisor:
Renee Tatsey
Purpose: To apply for boarding school enrollment and acceptance, call
our office for an application packet, submit completed application to our
office with a copy of student transcript, certification of degree of Indian
blood, and health forms.
Eligibility: Any enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe or their
descendants.
Note: Provides Applications for the following Indian Boarding Schools:
Chemawa, Flandreau, and Wahpeton. Chemawa and Flandreau are High
Schools and Wahpeton is for grades 2-8.

Cuts Wood School
Address:

P.O. Box 890
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-3518
Fax:
338Location:
308 Popimi Street
Business Hours: 8:00 am to 4:00 p.m.
Mission: Researching, Promoting and Preserving Native Languages.

DeLaSalle Blackfeet School
Address:

P.O. Box 1489
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5290
Fax:
338-7900
Location:
104 1st Street NW
Business Hours: 7:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
President:
Brother Dale Mooney
Mission: Del La Salle Blackfeet School is committed to providing a quality,
innovative and faith-based education to empower its students to become
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successful learners and able participants in the shaping of their
community.

BROWNING COMMUNITY:
Blackfeet United Methodist Parish
Address:

P.O. Box 3007
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-3900
Location:
One block west of Catholic Church
Reverend:
Calvin Hill
Mission: To develop a Christ centered community for creating disciples to
serve all people.

Browning Full Gospel Church
Address:

Phone:
Location:
Pastor:

P.O. Box 801
Browning, MT 59417
338College Homes
Fred Bull Calf

DLBS Thrift Store

Phone:
338-5403
Location:
Across from the Catholic Church
Business Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (M-F)
Contact:
Clarice Hall
Purpose: A non-profit religious charity that assists in emergency cases
with food, clothing, prayer and counseling.

Faith Dominion Center
Address:

Phone:
Location:
Pastor:

P.O. Box
Browning, MT 59417
338-2824
SW of Vina Chattin School
Hiram Upham

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Four Winds Assembly of God
Address:

Phone:
Location:
Pastor:

P.O. Box 1991
Browning, MT 59417
338-3077
East Boundary Street
Joel Cornelius

Glacier County Office of Public Assistance
Address:

Drawer 3025
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5131
Fax:
338-7769
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Director:
Katie Belgarde
Purpose: Assist people in need of public assistance, including SNAP,
Medicaid, child care, and financial grants.
Eligibility:
Income eligible

Glacier Family Foods & Lil Glacier Peaks
Address:

P.O. Box 1209
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-CASH or 877-238-9946
Fax:
338-3797
Location:
601 SE Boundary Street
Business Hours: 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.- Grocery Store
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m – Lil Glacier Peaks Casino
Manager:
Dori Goss

Glacier Peaks Hotel & Casino
Address:

P.O. Box 1450
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-CASH or 877-238-9946
Fax:
338-3797
Location:
46 Museum Loop
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Manager:
Dennis Fitzpatrick

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Glacier View Baptist Chapel
Address:

Phone:
Location:
Pastor:
Service:

P.O. Box 726
Browning, MT 59417
338-7122
7th Ave. S.W. (west boundary road)
Marty Balk
Sunday Service…………………………….11:00 a.m.
Sunday school…………………………….. 9:45 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study……………………6:30 p.m.

Little Flower Parish
Address:

Phone:
Location:
Pastor:
Deacons:

P.O. Box 529
Browning, MT 59417
338-5775
Across the street from the DLBS Thrift Store
Father Ed Kohler
Melvin Rutherford and John Gobert

Montana Legal Services Association
Address:

PO Box 1250
Browning Mt 59417
Phone:
338-7623
Toll Free # 800-666-6124
Fax:
338-7770
Location:
Blackfeet Planning Office building
Business Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. M-Th
8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Fri.
Director:
Email address: www.montanalawhelp.com
Purpose: Montana Legal Service provides legal assistance to indigent
persons with civil legal problems. We cannot provide assistance with
criminal matters. All persons needing services must fill out an application.
We try to give every applicant advice or a referral to an appropriate
agency. We have a number of priority problem areas for which we try and
provide more services, including representation in court. Landlord/tenant,
public benefits, consumers’ issues, and domestic violence.
Eligibility: All US citizens below 125% of the federal poverty level with civil
legal problems.
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Museum of the Plains Indians
Address:

P.O. Box 410
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-2230
Fax:
338-7404
Location:
19 Museum Loop
Business Hours: Seasonal Hours
Manager:
Bruce Dragonfly

Northern Winds Recovery Center
Address:

P.O. Box 2255
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5558
Fax:
338-2304
Location:
138 East Boundary Street
Business Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Staff:
Medical Director/Psychiatrist – Dr. John Tupper
Executive Director/Therapist – Dr. Crystal Evans
Licensed Additions Counselor/Day Treatment
Coordinator – Leland Crawford
Care Coordinator – Velden Calica
Medical Billing Specialist – Laura Jo Kipp
Mission Statement: The mission of the Northern Winds Recovery Center
is “striving to build resilient children, nurturing family needs and restoring
cultural strengths by creating opportunities for care”. By responding to
behavioral health issues through prevention, interventions, treatment,
rehabilitation and asset building services. Sharing hope and caring to
achieve recovery from mental illness, alcoholism and drug addiction. Our
expectations for recovery include the acquisition of meaningful roles,
sobriety, healthy relationships with friends and family and a joyful life.

Oki Communications
Address:

P.O. Box 1049
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-3222
Fax:
338-5393
Location:
109 North Public Square
Business Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
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Manager:

Lockley Bremner

Opportunities Inc.-Dusty Bull Training Center
Address:

P.O Box 247
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
Day Center…………………………
338-5364
Day Center FAX……………………
338-2942
Group Home……………………….
338-7506
Recycling Center…………………..
338-3271
Location:
N. Piegan St.
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m
Director:
Charles Momberg Jr
Purpose: This is a rehabilitation program that is designed to train
developmentally disabled persons in basic living skills to survive in daily
life skills. This enables the clients to engage in work activity and group
home life. The training center also operates a recycling center.
Eligibility: Individuals who are developmentally disabled, 16 years of age
or older. These individuals are referred by the Case Manager who is Jerry
Kimkawshi. Jerry can be reached at: 338-5364

Starlink Cable
Address:

P.O. Box 1709
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5555
Fax:
338-5393
Location:
109 North Public Square
Business Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Manager:
Lockley Bremner

SIYEH Development Corporation
Address:

P.O. Box 1529
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-5669
Fax:
338-3797
Location:
416 West Central Ave.
Business Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Staff:
Dennis Fitzpatrick-CEO
Joe Bremner-Project Manager
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Two-Medicine Water Company
Address:

P.O. Box 1529
Browning, Mt 59417
Phone:
338-4858
Fax:
338-5393
Location:
109 North Public Square
Business Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Manager:

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES:
Blackfeet Indian Health Services (IHS)
Address:

P.O. Box 760
Browning, MT 59417
Phone:
338-6100
Fax:
338-2959
Location:
Hospital Circle
Business hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Staff: Garland Stiffarm-CEO……………………..
338-6154
Directory:Appointment Clerk……………………… 338-6201/6202
Behavioral Health & SS……………………
338-6146
Business Office…………………………….
338-6369
Chronic Pain Clinic…………………………
338-6344
CT Scan……………………………………..
338-8905/8906
Compliance…………………………………
338-8924
Dental………………………………………
338-6180
Diabetes Program………………………..
338-6305
Dietary……………………………………..
338-6125
Dietitian…………………………………….
338-6124
ENT/Audiology..…………………………..
338-6136
ER………………………………………….
338-6161/6164
Health Info Management…………………..
338-6223
ROI-Kenny…………………………
338-6229
Housekeeping………………………………
338-6114/6118
Inpatient Ward…………………………….
338-6230
Infection Control Lab………………………
338-6170
Maintenance………………………………
338-6158
Medical Staff………………………………
338-6150
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Nutritionist…………………………………
OEH/Sanitarian……………………………
Optometry………………………………….
Patient Registration……………………….
Pharmacy…………………………………..
Physical Therapy……………………………
Performance Improvement…………………
Podiatry…………………………………….
Pre-Renal…………………………………..
Public Health………………………………
Purchase-Referred Care……………………
Radiology………………………………….
Sanitarian…………………………………...
Security……………………………………..
Specialty Clinic…………………………….
Surgery……………………………………..
Supply Department…………………………
Switchboard………………………………...
Triage……………………………………….
Urgent Care…………………………………
Union NFFE #2107…………………………
Well Child/CHN……………………………
Womens Health…………………………….

Contract Health Services
Address:

338-6312
338-6168
338-6140
338-6227/6116
338-6102
338-6127
338-6169
338-6209
338-6343
338-6191
338-6364
338-6177
338-6338
338-6357
338-6344
338-6169
338-6133
338-6370/6100
338-6119
338-6378/6377
338-6205
338-6191
338-6374

P.O. Box 760
Browning, MT 59417
Phone:
338-6236
A-K
338-6225
I-R
338-6237
S-Z
338-6238
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Supervisor:
Gloria Baker
Purpose: To provide medical care that is unavailable at the Blackfeet
Community Hospital
Eligibility: Must be a member of a federally recognized tribe or Blackfeet
descendants living in Browning.
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OUTLYING COMMUNITIES:
Babb/St. Mary
Emergency Services:
EMS………………………………..732-5508
Fire Department………………….732-9292
Dept. Of Transportation……….….……… 732-5552
Post Office:
Postmaster……………………… 732-9261
East Glacier
Emergency Services:
Ambulance…………………………
911
Fire Department……………………
911
Police………………………………
911
Post Office:
Postmaster…………………………226-5534
Heart Butte
Emergency Services:
Police………………………………
911
Ambulance…………………………
911
Fire Department……………………
911
Heart Butte I.H.S.:
Clinic……………………………… 338-2151
Dental………………………………338-2044
Pharmacy………………………….338-2151
Heart Butte Schools Dist. #1:
Elementary…………………………338-2200
High School……………………….. 338-3344
Heart Butte Post Office:
Postmaster…………………………800-275-8777
Seville
Emergency Services:
Police………………………………

911

Ambulance…………………………

911

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Fire Department……………………

911

Starr School
Emergency Services:
Police………………………………
Ambulance…………………………
Fire Department……………………

911
911
911

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Ablackfeet%3A6ff10192149d5883. Public record. Not legal advice.