For more details, see the Blackfeet Constitutional Reform website.

From the Great Falls Tribune (via Pechanga):

Blackfeet tribal members can help write their new constitution today in Browning.

A constitutional convention will be held today at Blackfeet Community College starting at 5 p.m. Participants will be broken into groups and will draft ideas on articles in the tribe’s new governing document.

A presentation of the ideas will be held later that night, and participants can refine them up until a deadline in February. The event is being put on by the Blackfeet Constitutional Reform Committee.

“The more people we can get to participate and feel ownership, the more success we will have,” said Lona Burns, committee spokeswoman. Continue reading →