Blackfeet Tribal Chief Earl Old Person dies of cancer at 92
Earl Old Person, chief of the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Mt., wears a ceremonial headdress at his home overlooking the Rocky Mountains near Glacier National Park, Mont., on June 9, 1998. Old Person had been on the tribal council on and off since the 1950s and was named chief in 1978. Old Person died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Browning, after a long battle with cancer, the tribe said. He was 92. (Stuart S. White/The Great Falls Tribune via AP, File)
BROWNING, Mont. (AP) — Earl Old Person, the chief of the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana and former chairman of the tribal business council, has died of cancer. He was 92...
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