Volunteer on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation

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“We’ve witnessed the best of the Blackfeet Community – strong, proud,
committed individuals who have transfixed us with their
life stories. I’ll always be touched by our time together, and grateful that
I experienced this culture.”
Stephanie Gordon, Blackfeet Reservation Volunteer

Be the Change. Be a Global Volunteer on the Blackfeet Reservation.

Experience life at the speed of wide open spaces.

In the high plains of northern Montana, alongside Glacier National Park, you serve as a needed and appreciated volunteer with the Blackfeet Nation. We’ve provided continuous service to the Blackfeet since 1999. In just one week, you learn about the Blackfeet  history and culture while providing a genuine service to American Indian children and elders.

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Volunteer on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

Volunteer in Montana

Local time in Browning:

Required Mobility Level:
Mobile

Call: 651-407-6100

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Genuine development projects to help children and adults thrive. Exceptional service-learning for families, groups and individuals.

Repair and Maintenance

If you like working with your hands, this is for you!  You might help renovate a classroom or repair a fence, plant a community garden, paint an elder’s home, or help erect a Sun Dance lodge.  Volunteers of all ages and capabilities are useful, needed and welcomed!

Children’s Summer Programs

This is a high-energy assignment! Help supervise field trips, play and direct games, read story books, or teach a lesson on a topic of your choice. This is a tribally run summer day-camp for children five to 18, with the older kids helping to supervise the younger. Unfortunately, these children have little else to do on the reservation during the summer, and your help is greatly needed, important, and appreciated.

Elder Care

Do you enjoy bingo, playing cards, swapping stories, or nail polishing? Assist the activities director at the elder care center with stimulating projects and visit one-on-one with Blackfeet elders. And you can join the elder on day-trips to the local museums, parks, grocery store and casino. Or, help prepare, serve and deliver meals at the assisted living center on the reservation – cook and talk with community women.

Community Assistance

Work with the staff of the local food bank, stocking shelves, unloading deliveries and assisting community members in selecting healthy options. You may also help at a neighborhood thrift store, sorting and organizing donations of clothing and kitchen supplies, setting up merchandise displays and helping customers.

View team leader Cindy Murray’s photo gallery here!

“The volunteers bring their skills, insights, and helping hands to the reservation. But, most important, they bring friendship, curiosity, and compassion. We work together to close the gap of understanding between the Indian and White cultures, and it’s very good.”

“They’re a hard-working group – those Global Volunteers. We really appreciate everything they do for us. But it’s not all work all day. We have some good times, too. They know how to laugh and joke as much as we do. Global Volunteers is part of our community.”

“The ladies at the front desk at the community college taught us how to say “white woman” in the Blackfeet language – Napi Anki (Na bee ah gee) and “white man” – Napi Kaan (Napigwan). They were patient, and sincerely interested in sharing their language.”

“One small gesture followed by another and another- eventually a basis for trust and understanding.  The combined and incremental efforts of all Global Volunteers over time truly makes the lasting difference.”

“We certainly had an exposure to American Indian culture and community which I could not have experienced without all the bridges built by Global Volunteers.  I was deeply impressed by the matched labor approach. I know we’ll be back.”

“After this program I have a profound sense of needing to make the world better. In my busy life, I miss opportunities to help people.  I think, holy smokes, I’m so lucky. Through volunteering, you kinda get disrupted (in a good way).”

Volunteer Voices: What Volunteers Say About Serving on the Blackfeet Reservation

Volunteer American Indian Reservation Stories
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Global Volunteers
375 East Little Canada Road
St. Paul, MN 55117-1628 USA
(800) 487-1074 | toll-free
(651) 482-0915 | fax
globalvolunteers.org
email@globalvolunteers.org
Federal EIN: 36-3352680

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