The First Peoples Montana podcast shares stories from community leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, and guides across Montana. Hosted by Lailani Upham and Luella Brien.
Episode 1 July 24, 2026 26 minutes
Hosts Lailani Upham and Luella Brien introduce MITA and look back at how it began, with MITA founder Gayle Skunkcap Jr. and advisor Kristin Lamoureux, a tourism professor at Virginia Tech. They talk about rebuilding campgrounds, learning what visitors wanted, and why Montana's tribes needed one shared voice in tourism.
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Discover Montana through Indigenous voices.
The podcast invites visitors, partners, and community members to build real connections and to explore our homelands with respect.
Presented by the Montana Indigenous Tourism Alliance as part of the Montana Indigenous Tourism Trails Project, funded by the Montana Department of Commerce.
