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Indian firefighters contribute expertise in West wildfires
Thousands of American Indians join to fight western blazes, drawing on land knowledge and cultural fire practices. About 4,500 to 5,000 Indians participate, representing roughly 20 percent of the national firefighting force, with crews from Blackfeet, Gros Ventre, Assiniboine, Chippewa Cree, Kiowa, and Choctaw in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. Firefighting provides income on reservations with high unemployment, offering wages from 10.60 to 13.30 dollars per hour.
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Beartooth Mountains
Red Lodge
Mont
Fort Peck
West
Hamilton, Mont
Mike LeBrun
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Rocky Mountain
Billings
Jim Stires
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Montana
Butterroot Valley
Assiniboine
Dondi Tonasket
Colville
Blackfeet
Reevis
Tonasket
Bitterroot Valley