Havre schools offering Cree language course

Havre Public Schools will be offering a Cree language course next year as part of an increased push to improve cultural education for Native American students in the district.

The course, which was approved unanimously by the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees in a meeting Monday evening, was set up as part of the state’s Indian Education For All Program with the help of Mahchiwminahnahtik Chippewa and Cree Revitalization, a program based in Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation.

Havre Public Schools IEFA Director Jessica Kennedy-Stiffarm said the goal of her program is to meet the cultural- and...