Robert DesRosier Sr. is the former director of the Blackfeet Nation’s Disaster and Emergency
Services and was elected to the Tribal Business Council in May 2023. With decades of
emergency response experience, he manages large-scale daily operations in addition to
responding to major incidents. Following the 9/11 attacks, he became the first director of the
tribe’s new Homeland Security program. He also served as the tribe’s COVID-19 incident
commander when the pandemic emerged. The Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana,
covers 1.5 million acres and spans about 60 miles of the Canada-U.S. border. As such, the
Blackfeet Nation’s Emergency Services provides routine disaster and homeland security services,
including air and land patrols for reconnaissance and surveillance of human trafficking, drug
smuggling, terrorist threats, and other illegal activities. Served on TAG 2015-2025