The DOJ announced the grants Monday. They will fund victim services including compensation payments to eligible crime victims, Montana's acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson stated in a press release.
The Blackfeet, Northern Cheyenne, Confederated Salish and Kootenai, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux and Chippewa Cree tribes were awarded a combined $2.2 million in grants for victim services projects.
More than half of the overall grant money will go to the state Department of Corrections, which was ...