Band account set up to aid windstorm victims on Blackfeet Reservation

Great Falls Tribune

A bank account to help Blackfeet Indian Reservation victims of the destructive New Year’s wind storm has been set up by state Rep. Shannon Augare, D-Browning.

“I’m sad to say that many people in my district are in survival mode … Food will need to be bought, demolished homes will need to be built,” Augare said Monday in announcing the account.

Winds of up to 75 to 90 miles per hour swept through the reservation, with one gust clocked at 110 mph in Heart Butte, during the storm.

Augare set up the Blackfeet Energy Wind Fund at First Interstate Bank. Anyone wanting more information can call his cell phone at 406-450-0020.