Blackfeet Nation celebrates life of Chief Earl Old Person
Carl Old Person places silver dollars in the casket of his uncle, Chief Earl Old Person, before his funeral service at Browning High School in Browning, Mont., Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Earl Old Person died on Oct. 13, 2021, of cancer. He was 92. (Rion Sanders//The Great Falls Tribune via AP)
BROWNING (AP) — The Blackfeet Nation honored Chief Earl Old Person with a weeklong memorial, ending with a funeral service Friday in the Browning High School gym.
The gym smelled of sage, many women wore ribbon skirts and some men wore headdresses as they remembered the life of Old Person, who was the tribe's chief for 43 years...
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