Wolf Point ( asb, šųktógeja oʾípa) is an incorporated
ranching
A ranch (from es, rancho/Mexican Spanish) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. It is a subtype of a farm. These terms are most often ...
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in, and the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...
of,
Roosevelt County, Montana
Roosevelt County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,794. Its county seat is Wolf Point. Roosevelt County was created by the Montana Legislature in 1919 from a portion of Sheridan County. The ...
, United States.
The population was 2,517 at the
2020 census, down 4% from 2,621 in the 2010 Census.
It is the largest community on the
Fort Peck Indian Reservation
The Fort Peck Indian Reservation ( asb, húdam wįcášta, dak, Waxchį́ca oyáte) is located near Fort Peck, Montana, in the northeast part of the state. It is the home of several federally recognized bands of Assiniboine
The Assinibo ...
. Wolf Point is the home of the annual Wild Horse Stampede, held every year during the second weekend of July. Wolf Point's Wild Horse Stampede is the oldest rodeo in Montana, and has been called the "Grandaddy of Montana Rodeos".
Wolf Point also is home of the Wadopana Pow-wow, the oldest traditional
pow wow
A powwow (also pow wow or pow-wow) is a gathering with dances held by many Native American and First Nations communities. Powwows today allow Indigenous people to socialize, dance, sing, and honor their cultures. Powwows may be private or pu ...
in Montana and always held the first week in August.
History
Wolf Point began as a trading post in the 1860s, at the confluence of Wolf Creek and the
Missouri River. Farming began in the area as early as 1874. The Great Northern Railway arrived in 1887.
Wolf Point incorporated in 1915 and became the county seat in 1919.
Geography
Topography
Wolf Point is located in north-eastern Montana in the wide, shallow valley of the
Missouri River, just below its confluence with Wolf Creek. Wolf Point is situated on the
High Plains High Plains refers to one of two distinct land regions:
* High Plains (United States), land region of the western Great Plains
*High Plains (Australia)
The High Plains of south-eastern Australia are a sub-region, or more strictly a string of adja ...
of eastern Montana. According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of , all land.
The city is located on the north bank of the Missouri River, the southern part occupying the ancestral
floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...
of that river. The northern part occupies south facing, low-lying hills overlooking a
terrace
Terrace may refer to:
Landforms and construction
* Fluvial terrace, a natural, flat surface that borders and lies above the floodplain of a stream or river
* Terrace, a street suffix
* Terrace, the portion of a lot between the public sidewalk a ...
. The central business district is located in the described southern portion.
Climate
Wolf Point experiences a
semi-arid steppe climate ''
(''BSkw'')'', with generally cold, dry winters and hot summers. Late spring and early summer is on average the wettest period of the year. During the summer warm, humid air masses more typical of a warm summer
continental climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing som ...
(''Dfb'') may move into the area from the south or east. Summertime
thunderstorm
A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorms are someti ...
s commonly occur and sometimes can be
severe featuring hail and, infrequently,
funnel cloud
A funnel cloud is a funnel-shaped cloud of condensed water droplets, associated with a rotating column of wind and extending from the base of a cloud (usually a cumulonimbus or towering cumulus cloud) but not reaching the ground or a water su ...
s or
tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...
s.
Cold waves may cover the area 6 to 12 times per winter, with temperatures well below . Between cold waves there are sometimes periods of longer than 10 days of mild, but often windy weather caused by
chinook wind
Chinook winds, or simply Chinooks, are two types of prevailing warm, generally westerly winds in western North America: Coastal Chinooks and interior Chinooks. The coastal Chinooks are persistent seasonal, wet, southwesterly winds blowing in from ...
s. These winds cause temperatures to rise rapidly, often giving relief in the form of mild temperatures in the coldest months of the year.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 2,621 people, 952 households, and 635 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,080 housing units at an average density of . The
racial makeup
A race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society. The term came into common usage during the 1500s, when it was used to refer to groups of variou ...
of the city was 42.5%
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...
, 0.2%
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
, 50.5%
Native American, 1.2%
Asian
Asian may refer to:
* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, and 5.5% from
two or more races
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.
Hispanic or Latino
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of any race were 1.6% of the population.
There were 952 households, of which 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were married couples living together, 18.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.3% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.25.
The median age in the city was 33.7 years. 29.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.7% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 12.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.9% male and 53.1% female.
2000 census
As of the census
of 2000, there were 2,663 people, 981 households, and 685 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,024.8 people per square mile (1,168.4/km). There were 1,091 housing units at an average density of 1,239.2 per square mile (478.7/km). The racial makeup of the city was 55.73% White, 0.04% African American, 40.52% Native American, 1.01% Asian, 0.34% from other races, and 2.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.61% of the population.
There were 981 households, out of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 31.0% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $27,962, and the median income for a family was $33,681. Males had a median income of $26,325 versus $23,333 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,605. About 17.0% of families and 17.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.
Government
The city of Wolf Point has a
mayor-council form of government with a
city council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...
consisting of eight elected council members—two members from each of four
wards
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...
. The mayor is elected
at-large
At large (''before a noun'': at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than ...
for a four-year term. The city council determines the policy direction and administers the daily affairs of city government. The mayor appoints, with advice and consent of the council, the
city attorney
A city attorney is a position in city and municipal government in the United States. The city attorney is the attorney representing the municipality.
Unlike a district attorney or public defender, who usually handles criminal cases, a city at ...
, the hybrid position of
city clerk-treasurer, and the
police chief
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
. The position of city judge is shared with the Justice of the Peace of Roosevelt County.
Mayors
Mathew Golik (November 4, 1948 – March 1, 2008) was the mayor between 1999 and 2008. He was appointed mayor in 1999 when the mayor at the time resigned. Golik was elected mayor in his own right in 2001 and re-elected in 2005; he held the post until his death. On March 1 his three-wheeler went through the ice on
Fort Peck Lake
Fort Peck Lake, or Lake Fort Peck, is a major reservoir in Montana, formed by the Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River. The lake lies in the eastern prairie region of Montana approximately east of Great Falls and north of Billings, reaching in ...
where he had been
ice fishing
Ice fishing is the practice of catching fish with lines and fish hooks or spears through an opening in the ice on a frozen body of water. Ice fishers may fish in the open or in heated enclosures, some with bunks and amenities.
Shelters
Longer ...
and he drowned. DeWayne W. Jager assumed the duties of the mayor's office following Golik's death as the then city council president and was appointed to the post on March 17, 2008. Mayor Jager was elected to the position in the November 2009 general election.
Education
K-12
The Wolf Point Public Schools, District No. 45/45A operates an elementary, a middle, and a junior/senior high school with a total student enrollment of more than 860 students.
Nearby, Frontier Elementary School, District No. 3, serves some rural areas of
Roosevelt County and northern
McCone County
McCone County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 1,729. Its county seat is Circle, Montana, Circle.
The county was created in 1919. It w ...
in grades pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, and had an enrollment of more than 100 in the 2010–2011 school year.
Wolf Point High School
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; plural, : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been reco ...
is a Class B school (108-306 students) which helps determine athletic competitions. They are known as the Wolves.
Although Native Americans "make up more than half of the student body", they are "less than one-fifth of the staff," and have a lower graduation rate.
In June 2017, a civil rights complaint was filed with the
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights by the
Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board.
College
Fort Peck Community College
Fort Peck Community College (FPCC) is a Public college, public Tribal colleges and universities, tribal Land-grant university, land-grant community college in Poplar, Montana. The college is located on the Fort Peck Assiniboine people, Assiniboin ...
expanded to Wolf Point. The new brick facility is located one block south of the center of Main Street. FPCC is a tribal community college that offers affordable Applied Science Programs, Associate Degree Programs, Transfer Programs, and GEDs. In 2009, FPCC initiated men's and women's collegiate basketball teams.
Library
Roosevelt County Library is headquartered in Wolf Point with branch locations in Culbertson and Froid.
Culture
Media
Wolf Point is served by two weekly newspapers, the ''Wolf Point Herald-News'', and the
Poplar, Montana
Poplar is a city in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. The population was 758 at the 2020 census.
The U.S. Army constructed Camp Poplar here in the 1870s to oversee the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Poplar became reservation headquarte ...
, based ''Fort Peck Journal''. A third paper funded by Fort Peck tribal government, the ''Wotanin Wowapi'', ceased publication on January 28, 2008.
The city's radio stations are
KVCK (AM) 1450 and
KVCK-FM 92.7.
Wolf Point and Roosevelt County are part of the Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson local television media market (
DMA). Broadcast television can be received, either directly or via
translator
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, from
KWSE 4 (PBS),
KUMV
KUMV-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Williston, North Dakota, United States, affiliated with NBC and Fox. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains a news studio and advertising sales office at the intersection of Mai ...
8 (NBC), and
KXMD 11 (CBS) all based in
Williston, North Dakota
Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The 2020 census gave its population as 29,160, making Williston the sixth-largest city in North Dakota. The city's population nearly doubled between 20 ...
; and
KFBB
KFBB-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Great Falls, Montana, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox and MyNetworkTV. Owned by the Cowles Company, the station maintains studios and ...
5 (ABC/FOX) based in
Great Falls, Montana
Great Falls is the third most populous city in the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Cascade County. The population was 60,442 according to the 2020 census. The city covers an area of and is the principal city of the Great Falls, M ...
.
Attractions and recreation
![Wolf Point Montana Park](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Wolf_Point_Montana_Park.jpg)
The Wolf Point Area Museum provides a glimpse into local history. Open seasonally from May to September, the museum is located in a renovated farm implement sales building on
U.S. Highway 2
U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west U.S. Highway spanning across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected by various roadways in southern Canada. Unlike some routes, whi ...
which allows for extensive display of the museum's collections. The Wolf Point Area Historical Society purchased the Hansen Implement building in July, 2007, and after a fund raising campaign opened in the new location in June, 2010.
The historic
Lewis and Clark Bridge (Wolf Point Bridge) crosses the
Missouri River six miles southeast of the city on
Montana Highway 13
Montana Highway 13 (MT 13) is a state highway in the east of the U.S. state of Montana. The highway begins at its southern end at MT 200 and connects the three county seats of McCone, Roosevelt and Daniels counties. It also provide ...
. The adjacent Lewis and Clark Fishing Access Site also known as Bridge Park provides access to fishing, boating, rafting, wildlife viewing, and picnicking on the Missouri River. The boat access ramp, damaged during the
2011 Missouri River floods
The 2011 Missouri River floods was a flooding event on the Missouri River in the United States.The flooding was triggered by record snowfall in Rocky Mountains of Montana and Wyoming along with near-record spring rainfall in central and easter ...
, was replaced during the summer of 2012.
Notable people
*
Marvin Brookman, rodeo
stock contractor
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and
cowboy
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the '' vaquer ...
, inducted into the
ProRodeo Hall of Fame
The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy was opened in August 1979 as a museum designed to "preserve the legacy of the cowboy contests, the heritage and culture of those original competitions, and the champions of the past, pr ...
in 2005.
*
Casey FitzSimmons
Casey FitzSimmons (born October 10, 1980) is a former National Football League tight end. He played his whole career for the Detroit Lions.
High school years
FitzSimmons attended Chester High School in Chester, Montana and was an All-Conferenc ...
,
National Football League
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tight end with the
Detroit Lions
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.
*
John Lowenstein
John Lee Lowenstein (born January 27, 1947) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, and Baltimore Orioles.
Playing caree ...
, former
Major League Baseball
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player for the
Cleveland Indians
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,
Texas Rangers and the
Baltimore Orioles
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.
*
Kameron (Kam) Mickolio, former Major League relief pitcher for the
Arizona Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks (colloquially known as the D-backs) are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The f ...
, currently with
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
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.
*
Montie Montana
Montie Montana (born Owen Harlen Mickel; June 21, 1910 – May 20, 1998) was a rodeo trick rider and trick roper, actor, stuntman and cowboy inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1994.
Biography
Montana was born in Wolf Point, Montana, in ...
, rodeo trick rider, actor, stuntman and cowboy inducted into the
ProRodeo Hall of Fame
The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy was opened in August 1979 as a museum designed to "preserve the legacy of the cowboy contests, the heritage and culture of those original competitions, and the champions of the past, pr ...
in 1994.
*
Ted Schwinden
Theodore Schwinden (born August 31, 1925) is an American politician. He served as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Montana and the 19th Governor of Montana.
Biography
Schwinden was born in Wolf Point, Montana. He enlisted in the United States Ar ...
, former Democratic
Governor of Montana
The governor of Montana is the head of government of MontanaMontana Constitution, Article VI, Section 4. and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state, state's Montana National Guard, military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, ...
(1981–1989), named one of the "100 Most Influential Montanans of the Century".
*
Hank Adams
Henry Lyle Adams (May 16, 1943 – December 21, 2020, Assiniboine-Sioux) was an American Native rights activist known as a successful strategist, tactician, and negotiator. He was instrumental in resolving several key conflicts between Native Am ...
(1943-2020), Native American rights activist.
References in literature
*
William Least Heat-Moon
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wrote about the night he spent here in his autobiographical book ''
Blue Highways: A Journey Into America''.
* In the fictional
Marvel Comics Universe
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the superhero
Red Wolf
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The red wolf's taxonomic classification as being a separate s ...
(William Talltrees) was born in a Wolf Point located on a
Cheyenne
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Reservation.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Air
Scheduled air service at Wolf Point's
L. M. Clayton Airport is provided by
Cape Air
Hyannis Air Service Inc., operating as Cape Air, is an airline headquartered at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States. It operates scheduled passenger services in the Northeast (US), Northeast, the Caribbean, Midw ...
, the designated
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation, who reports directly to the President of the United States and ...
(USDOT)
Essential Air Service
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(EAS) operator, with direct daily flights to
Billings
Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Metrop ...
and
Glasgow, Montana
Glasgow is a city in and the county seat of Valley County, Montana, United States, the population was 3,202 at the 2020 census.
Despite being just the 23rd most populous city in Montana, Glasgow is the most populous city for over , thus maki ...
. The Essential Air Service contract had formerly been held by now-defunct
Big Sky Airlines
Big Sky Airlines was an American commuter air carrier that operated from 1978 to 2008. Headquartered in Billings, Montana, United States. Big Sky was wholly owned by Big Sky Transportation Company, which in turn was a wholly owned subsidiary of M ...
and
Great Lakes Airlines
Great Lakes Airlines was an American regional airline operating domestic scheduled and charter services. Corporate headquarters were in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with a hub at Denver International Airport.
As of November 2013, Great Lakes Airlines ...
.
Highways
U.S. Route 2
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, a major east-west route in the northern tier of states, connects Wolf Point with other Hi-Line communities from
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
state to the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
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.
Montana Highway 25 provides a connection to
Montana Highway 13
Montana Highway 13 (MT 13) is a state highway in the east of the U.S. state of Montana. The highway begins at its southern end at MT 200 and connects the three county seats of McCone, Roosevelt and Daniels counties. It also provide ...
, six miles east of the city. Montana Highway 13 extends from the
Port of Scobey on the
Canada–United States border
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in the north to
Circle
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, Montana in the south.
Rail
![Wolf Point Montana Rail Crossing](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Wolf_Point_Montana_Rail_Crossing.jpg)
Wolf Point is located on the Hi-Line of the
BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...
and has developed as a major shipment point for grain to
West Coast West Coast or west coast may refer to:
Geography Australia
* Western Australia
*Regions of South Australia#Weather forecasting, West Coast of South Australia
* West Coast, Tasmania
**West Coast Range, mountain range in the region
Canada
* Britis ...
and
Great Lakes
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ports. Wolf Point is served daily westbound and eastbound by
Amtrak
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's ''
Empire Builder
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'', and is the
first station stop west of
Williston, North Dakota
Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The 2020 census gave its population as 29,160, making Williston the sixth-largest city in North Dakota. The city's population nearly doubled between 20 ...
.
Medical facilities
Trinity Hospital offers
inpatient care
Inpatient care is the care of patients whose condition requires admission to a hospital. Progress in modern medicine and the advent of comprehensive out-patient clinics ensure that patients are only admitted to a hospital when they are extremely ...
, and
emergency care
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in addition to a wide range of other services, and is operated by Northeast Montana Health Services (NEMHS). NEMHS also operates the Faith Lutheran Home, a 60-bed skilled nursing facility; and the Listerud Rural Health Clinic in Wolf Point. The Chief Redstone Clinic is a facility operated by the
Indian Health Service
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an operating division (OPDIV) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). IHS is responsible for providing direct medical and public health services to members of federally-recognized Nativ ...
, an agency of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is " ...
. It supports a wide range of health needs for the Native American population in the Wolf Point area on an
outpatient
A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health care ...
basis.
See also
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List of state highways in Montana
The state highways in Montana are the state highways owned and maintained by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) in the US state of Montana.
Montana's state highways are classified as either primary or secondary. Several of Montana' ...
References
Further reading
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External links
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Wolf Point Chamber of CommerceWolf Point Public Schools websiteWolf Point Herald-News websiteWolf Point Historical Photos
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Cities in Roosevelt County, Montana
County seats in Montana
Montana populated places on the Missouri River
Populated places established in 1915
1915 establishments in Montana
Cities in Montana