Coyotes join area schools for Native American Week activities

An estimated 1,200 students from several schools across Eastern Montana converged at Hays-Lodgepole School last Thursday for a Pow Wow, the exclamation point on the weeklong Native American Week celebration hosted by Fort Belknap.

Schools in attendance for the Pow Wow included Hays-Lodgepole, Chinook, Harlem, Mission Grade School, HeadStart schools from the area and Phillips County's own Dodson Public School which had every grade in attendance.

"I would like to thank all involved who help put this on," Dodson School's Wendy Hopkins told the crowd. "What a wonderful day this is. I would als...