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Heart Butte celebrates high school graduates

Posted at 6:39 PM, May 26, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-26 20:40:41-04

GREAT FALLS — Sixteen graduates from Heart Butte received their diplomas over the weekend while still observing social distancing guidelines.

They used traditional decorations for the ceremony and held it on the football field.

Heart Butte superintendent Mike Tatsey told us they wanted to make this graduation special for the seniors: "Do it in a way that made them feel good about it, made them feel like they were special as well; it was a good way for them to end their high school career."

Tatsey explained, "We centered everything around the buffalo, because that's what our school is focused on. The buffalo was our protector, and he provided everything for us as Blackfeet people, food, shelter. Everything that we needed came from the buffalo, so that's what we had to see. For graduation, we had four painted lodges that belonged to the school set, up came out of it as they went to the stage. So we tried to make it as unique as we could for them."