Pryor

Pryor The uniqueness of the Pryor community is the home of the famous Chief Plenty Coups maintained and managed by the State of Montana. Directly across the site is the well-known Castle Rock where many tribal members go for vision quests. The businesses at Pryor have diminished to one small gas station and a cafe. There are no grocery stores at Pryor. It has been said that Pryor residents must travel to Billings, the next closest town, to purchase food and necessities. The educational systems for the communities are a private Catholic school, public elementary, and high school. Indian Health Service clinic provide health services to the Indian community. The clustered home sites are in the town of Pryor with scattered home sites leading to the Pryor Mountains.

• Pryor Schools – PK-12 –(406) 259-7329
• Pryor Elementary –  Enrollment – 37 (406) 259-8011
• Pryor Jr. H.S. – Enrollment – 20 (406) 259-7329
• Plenty Coups H.S. – Enrollment - 86

• Electric – Yellowstone Valley Electric Coop (406) 348-3411
• Telephone - Quest Communications
• Gas- Montana Dakota Utilities (406) 896-4280
• Propane- Billings and Hardin Multiple Suppliers

• Pryor Public Water System – well and pump system
• Water Storage Tanks – Two fiber glass tanks – In need of repair and maintenance
• Community Septic Tank Systems - Not applicable
• Waste Stabilization Ponds - Reconstructed 1999
• Solid Waste Handling and Disposal – Big Horn County Solid Waste Plan- Contracted.

Construction of the new Pryor Health Center was completed and occupancy began in March, 1999. Patient care was available on April 8, 1999. The facility is located 69 miles from the Crow/Northern Cheyenne Hospital and 35 Miles from Billings, the closest community where non-IHS contract medical services are available.
The Health Center is open 5 days per week, 8 hours per day staffed by nurse practitioners. Staff provides health care services such as medical care from the Crow/Northern Cheyenne Hospital two to three times a week. A pharmacist from the Crow/Northern Cheyenne Hospital provides pharmaceutical care 3 days per week. A three chair Dental Clinic is available once per week.

• Ambulance Service – There is no ambulance service at Pryor. AMR Ambulance.

Billings is dispatched for all emergency calls in Pryor area. Also Life Flight Helicopter Service
is available to Pryor area.

• Grass and Rangeland fire suppression- BIA Fire Department – Pryor station –summer only.

• Structural Fire Suppression – There is no structural fire fighting capability in the Pryor area. The nearest structural fire department is in the City of Lockwood 30 miles north of
  Pryor.

• BIA Police Department – Billings Area Office- Jurisdiction for Indians within the borders of the reservation.
• Big Horn County Sheriff – Hardin, Montana – Jurisdiction for Non-Indians within the borders of the reservation.
• Montana Highway Patrol - Jurisdiction on I-90 through the reservation.