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Rocky Boy awarded nearly $900,000 in grants

The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation is getting federal help to prevent violence and help victims of sexual assaults.

U. S. Attorney Michael Cotter announced in a press release Wednesday that the Department of Justice will give the tribe $572,708 to enhance intervention and treatment programs and a $299,974 grant to support the Sexual Assault Response Team, or SART, at Rocky Boy.

Dr. Nate St. Pierre, coordinator of the Rocky Boy's Children Exposed to Violence Project, applauded the grants.

"Sexual abuse affects an entire community, " he said in the release. "We need to add...

 

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