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Authorities investigate deaths on Northern Cheyenne Reservation






Francis Daniel Shoulderblake, 1960-2015. Photo from Stevensons & Sons

Authorities are investigating two unrelated deaths on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana.

Francis Shoulderblade, 54, was killed when he was struck by a car in Lame Deer on Friday, September 25. The driver has not been identified.

Also in Lame Deer on Friday, a two-year-old girl identified as Collya Shakespeare died. The cause of death hasn't been determined, according to news reports.

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Lame Deer officials investigating 2 deaths (The Billings Gazette 9/30)
Probe launched into deaths of Lame Deer toddler, pedestrian (KPAX 9/30)
Pedestrian killed Friday night in Lame Deer (The Billings Gazette 9/26)

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