Aislin Tweedy is a journalist in Missoula for the Daily Montanan. She is a tribal member of the Nakoda tribe from Fort Belknap Reservation. She was a former Editor in Chief of her school’s journalism newsroom, the Sentinel; and a news reporter for the Montana Kaimin at the University of Montana. She focuses on state politics, student government and Native American politics and rights.
Missoula’s Mayor Jordan Hess declared a homelessness and sheltering state of emergency this month as a crisis center in Billings reports more people who are homeless for the first time and a shelter in Great Falls sees a growing need for its services. Hess signed the emergency proclamation last week — the first of its […]