Hutterites
Hutterites Lose Court Challenge
The Montana Supreme Court voted last week 4 to 3 against the Big Sky Hutterite Colony, throwing out its suit to overturn the discriminatory provisions of a state anti-Hutterite law passed in 2009. The colony, located near Cut Bank in northwestern Montana, had sued the state and won a lower court decision, which found that […]
Spirit of Giving among the Hutterites
The tradition of holiday giving appears to be alive and well among the Hutterites of southwestern Saskatchewan. A news story four years ago described the way a number of colonies were cooperating with the local Salvation Army post in the small city of Swift Current, SK, by supplying tons of food for distribution to the […]
The Hutterites and Bradley Manning
Two very different news stories last week relate to the same theme: how should a country like the U.S. treat dissidents who violate its laws when they express their objections to warfare? One article was a reminder about the torture of Hutterites in military prisons in 1918, while the other is about Bradley Manning, a […]
Final Chapter in the Hutterite TV Series
The televised portrayal of a Hutterite colony in Montana by the National Geographic Channel, which the Hutterites claim was deceptive, ended after 10 weekly episodes. The controversy has yet to die down. The King Colony, the subject of the series “American Colony: Meet the Hutterites,” is demanding an apology, and Alan Mairson, a prominent independent […]
A Sad Day for National Geographic
Leading Hutterites last week expressed many objections about the current TV series on their society, despite all the self-congratulatory noise two weeks ago from the producer, the National Geographic Channel. The series, “American Colony: Meet the Hutterites,” which portrays life at the King colony in Montana, debuted on May 29th and is running for ten […]
Hutterites on the National Geographic Channel
A news story last October revealed that a Dariusleut Hutterite colony near Lewistown, Montana, had agreed to be filmed by the National Geographic Channel. The resulting weekly television series “American Colony: Meet the Hutterites” just had its debut on Tuesday evening, May 29th. The location of the filming, not revealed when plans were being made, […]
Hutterites Contest an Insurance Requirement
The government of Montana took an anti-Hutterite law to the state Supreme court last Wednesday, arguing that its 2009 statute, which forces colony businesses to provide workers compensation, is necessary in order to be fair to non-Hutterite construction firms. A state judge had already decided that the law forcing the Hutterites to pay for workers […]
Lecture about Hutterites at E-town College
The Hutterites will be the subject of the annual Durnbaugh Lectures on Thursday evening, April 19th, and the following day, Friday April 20th, at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, part of Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. The distinguished speaker, Prof. Rod Janzen, will present a talk Thursday evening entitled “The Hutterites in 2012.” […]
Torture of Peaceful Hutterites by American Soldiers
A few days ago, Duane Stoltzfus of Goshen College delivered a lecture describing the way the American Army in 1918 tortured two Hutterites to death because they refused to fight. This story of American extreme human rights abuses highlights what can happen when a majority society refuses to tolerate the peacefulness and nonresistance of a […]
New Hutterite Colony Stirs Opposition
A South Dakota Hutterite colony is planning to split in half and establish another one in North Dakota, but as sometimes happens, there has been opposition in the rural area where they plan to build the new one. The Bohnsack Township Board, in Traill County, ND, held a hearing about the application by the Millbrook […]
