Stopping Violence March Being Planned In Poplar

Dave Mathison approached the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board on Monday, March 24, with his plan of organizing a Stopping Violence March in Poplar.

He feels that Poplar has gotten away from the theory that it takes a village to raise a child. He added that the reservation used to be family oriented.

“People don’t feel that they belong anymore,” Mathison said.

His plans include distributing fliers around the community when more plans are known about the march.

TEB member Roxanne Gourneau supported Mathison’s efforts. Gourneau described his role as “grassroots” as people are saying “enough is enough.”

Gourneau explained the TEB’s role is spending its millions of dollars wisely in an attempt to stop or slow down the increasing crime problem.

TEB member Bryce Kirk expressed that more funds are needed to be spent on problems such as mental health and law enforcement.

“We have to figure out something, because it has to stop,” Kirk said of the amount of crime.