JoVonne Wagner, Blackfeet, is an ICT/Scripps Howard intern. She was formerly a fellow with ICT and Montana Free Press covering the American Indian Caucus during the 2023 Montana Legislature. Wagner is from Browning, Montana, and is a 2023 graduate of the University of Montana School of Journalism.
The Blackfeet trailblazer, recently inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, led a 13-year fight over the federal government’s mismanagement of tribal trust funds that resulted in a $3.4 billion settlement.