Community Service Projects
Montana Blackfeet I
28 Days | Summer 2018
Community Service Projects
Montana Blackfeet I
28 Days | Summer 2018
- With elder Audrey, finished construction of a new 50-foot-long ramp with a midway platform, top platform, 90-degree turn, and 3-foot-tall railing throughout.
- With Eva Cobell, removed an unused staircase and constructed a railing with pressure-treated lumber.
- With Nolan Yellow Kidney, longtime contact for Blackfeet Reservation community service projects, assisted with the Sun Dance.
- Gathered Aspen for the construction of the Sun Dance lodge.
- Cut, chopped, and stacked firewood for four-day ceremony.
- Helped distribute more than 250 meals at the end of the ceremony.
- With the Blackfeet Land Trust,
- Installed a 30-foot PVC drainage for the bunkhouse to replace existing, malfunctioning drainage.
- Deconstructed a collapsing 15-by-30-foot ceiling in barn on property.
- Cleared 200 pounds of trash.
- Constructed 12-by-15-foot upper loft in the cleared-out barn.
- With the Montana Conservation Corps assisted with invasive-species removal of invasives.
- In partnership with the Community College Greenhouse,
- Planted and watered 40 trees as a windbreak for the greenhouse lands.
- Watered greenhouse plants and planted beets and kale.
- Weeded and tilled 400 feet of garden bed.
- Visited 150 homes around Browning to invite locals to the Greenhouse open house.
- Visited over 100 homes to inform community members that children can eat for free at program sites.
- Cleaned and landscaped the Starr School Community Center.
- Assisted with general set-up for Youth Days at the start of Native American Indian Days.
- Staffed the check-in station, grilled for hundreds of people, assisted with running a basketball tournament.
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Leaders: Nick Nelson, Trevor Cutlip, Kristin Lydon
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