POLSON - August 21 is Fentanyl Awareness Day, and while the day is recognized nationally, it's especially important here in Montana.

The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) reports that fentanyl-related deaths have tripled in Montana since 2020.

More DPHHS data finds that the drug overdose death rate among Indigenous people was more than three times the state's rate from 2019 to 2023.

Watch the full story: Flathead Reservation Against Fentanyl: a walk for awareness, honoring lost loved ones

With these numbers in mind, a walk for action took place on the Flathead Reservation.

"It was 3 years, seems like yesterday," Shannon Pluff said, referring to losing her son Charles Pluff in 2022.

"He was humble, amazing, funny. Yes, he was an addict, but he didn't want to

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