Fort Belknap college and community awarded for innovative nursing program

Havre Daily News staff

The college at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, members of its staff as well as the Fort Belknap community itself have been recognized for a program designed to grow their own nurses right in the tribal college.

Montana Center to Advance Health Through Nursing presented the 2016 Outstanding Nurse Champion award to Aaniiih Nakoda College President Carol Falcon-Chandler, the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the faculty of the college’s “Grow Our Own Nurses” program.

Casey Blumenthal, vice president of the Montana Hospital Association, handed the plaque to LaVerne Park...