Fort Belknap opens new call center

Island Mountain Development Group, the economic development arm of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine tribes on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, opened a second call center Tuesday.

The new facility in Hays will mean the creation of 270 jobs that will be used for a variety of e-commerce activities, Terry Brockie, chief of staff for Island Mountain, said this morning.

“We just want to grow strategically,” Brockie said.

The additional jobs have a starting hourly salary of $13 with opportunities for advancement, Brockie said. A press release from Island Development said the 13,...