Hutterites
Some Hutterites Use iPhones
The Stahl Farms, a Dariusleut Hutterite colony in the state of Washington, embraces many modern technologies, particularly those that will improve their agricultural production. The colony, near the town of Ritzville, about 57 miles southwest of Spokane, has been able to expand its cultivated acres from 3,000 in 1980 when it began to 16,000 acres […]
Hutterite Children Use iPads
A South Dakota school district has purchased iPads for the children at a Hutterite colony school, and apparently the colony leaders are quite supportive. It hardly needs to be said that the kids are thrilled, even if the reasons for the purchase of the devices were not all that positive. The school at the Wolf […]
Soups and Such from Hutterite Kitchens
Mary-Ann Kirkby, author of the best-selling I Am Hutterite, has come out with another work on Hutterite culture, particularly their cooking, which she has been promoting during a recent book tour in Alberta. Kirkby spent her early childhood in a Hutterite colony in Manitoba but in 1969, when she was 10, her father had serious […]
Hutterite Colony in Japan
One would expect members of the peaceful societies to spread out, establishing family groups and communities in new locations, moving and settling elsewhere just as many other people do. Tristan Islanders resettle in Cape Town, some Inuit have moved south to major Canadian cities, and a group of Hutterites established a colony in Japan. Hutterites […]
Hutterite Colony School Burns Down
Some Hutterite children in South Dakota are attending a public school, at least for the time being, because the one at their colony burned down. The story provides some insights into the approaches taken by the Hutterites to educating their children. According to a news report from Brookings, SD, the school at the Red Willow […]
Hutterites Help Give Flood Relief
The Cayley Hutterite Colony, located 30 miles south of the outskirts of Calgary, was recognized a couple weeks ago at a ceremony in the city for the flood relief it provided recently in southwestern Alberta. According to an article in the Nanton News last week, the Hutterites had pitched in to help with flood relief […]
Exhibit Showcases Montana Hutterites (Museum Displays, Part 1)
A museum in northwestern Montana is now displaying a special exhibit about the Hutterites, designed to dispel the false images about them aired a year ago by the National Geographic Channel. The exhibit, prepared by Kristy Calvery, Curator of the Conrad Transportation and Historical Museum in Conrad, Montana, showcases the realities of nearby Hutterite colonies. […]
Anti-Ballistic Missiles and the Hutterites
Recent news in Cavalier County, North Dakota, stirs up memories of major events in American peace history, even though the current developments are relatively mundane. A news report last week indicated that the Cavalier County Jobs Development Authority (CCJDA) is renewing its efforts to buy an abandoned anti-ballistic missile complex in the county. The back […]
Hutterites Establish a New Colony
James Stahl, the young tour guide, tells a reporter from the nearby town newspaper that while lots of things are now done differently in the colonies, basic Hutterite values have not changed. Giving a tour last week for the Mountain View Gazette, a weekly paper in Olds, Alberta, Stahl described the way his group is […]
Montana Hutterites Appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court
The Big Sky Hutterite colony, located in northern Montana near the Canadian border, has decided to take its dispute with the state to the U.S. Supreme Court. Montana passed a law in 2009 which the initiating legislator admitted was designed as an anti-Hutterite measure. Corporate lobbyists advocating the new law won over the legislature in […]
