Billings murder victim a former Fort Belknap resident

The Fort Belknap tribal council has condemned the November death in Billings of former Fort Belknap Indian Reservation resident Myron Wesley Knight, saying it will continue to do all that it can to protect the safety of members of its community on and off the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.

“We as a council condemn the recent actions that led up to the November 15 discovery of the brutal homicide in Billings, MT,” a letter from Fort Belknap Indian Communtity Council President Andrew Werk Jr. says.

The letter says the tribal council has continually taken a strong stance on hate or racially mot...