The barracks at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, housed Native American students from Indian reservations and tribal designated places in the U.S. between 1879-1918. As many as 8,000 students attended the boarding school from more than 140 tribes, including tribes on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, as part of a government program that separated them from their families,

A little more than a decade ago, the community of Scobey didn’t have a gymnastics program. Fast forward to the present, Scobey now showcases a program of 70 students and has been admired by people throughout northeastern Montana who have enjoyed watching them entertain during athletic half-time performances. The surge started when Amanda Manternach began offering classes during the fall of