Grace Golbach / Montana Kaimin

grace.golbach@umontana.edu

The Missoula community loves its nightlife, and so do the University of Montana students. At local bars, they socialize among each other after long weeks of work and classes. At the doors, they are met by bouncers checking IDs and keeping interactions safe. One Stockman’s Bar bouncer is a student and a UM Griz hockey goalie. Isaac Jones Weatherford and the bouncers of Missoula help keep peers and the community safe enjoying the nights downtown.

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A podcast from the Montana Kaimin, the University of Montana’s independent, student-run newspaper.

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Grace Golbach / Montana Kaimin

Lily Meskers / Advanced Audio Capstone

University of Montana alum Haley Omeasoo discovered the remains of an Indigenous woman in a box in a campus closet. The finding brought concerns about the University’s compliance with NAGPRA, a federal law requiring Indigenous remains be returned to the tribe. After 40 years in this closet, Omeasoo found the woman and dove into why she is here, how she got here and where she is supposed to be. This story is by UM graduate Lily Meskers for last spring’s advanced audio capstone’s Good Bones project.

Full transcripts of this episode and all others are available online at www.montanakaimin.com/the_kaimin_cast/

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A podcast from the Montana Kaimin, the University of Montana’s independent, student-run newspaper.

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Grace Golbach / Montana Kaimin

gracegolbach@umontana.edu

Vivi Ostheimer / Advanced Audio Capstone

vivianne.ostheimer@umconnect.umt.edu

During the late 1800s, four children of the Gros Ventre Tribe on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation attended Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania and died there. Their bones were not returned home until three were exhumed and identified in 2023. Members of the tribe journeyed to the east coast to bring them home. The fourth remains unknown. This episode dives into the history of Indian boarding schools and the repatriation of the children’s bones. This story is by UM student Vivi Ostheimer for last spring’s advanced audio capstone, Good Bones project

Full transcripts of this episode and all others are available online at www.montanakaimin.com/the_kaimin_cast/

Questions? Comments? Email us at editor@montanakaimin.com

A podcast from the Montana Kaimin, the University of Montana’s independent, student-run newspaper.