Montana's Native Vote Could Decide US Senate Control

Stephanie Woodard
April 26, 2013
The decision of U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) not to run in 2014 means that the state’s Native vote could be very important next year...
Steve Russell

Baby Veronica: Reading the SCOTUS Tea Leaves

The Supreme Court of the United States allows no cameras to record oral arguments, but they have allowed audio recordings....

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April 19, 2013
Oliver J. Semans

Rights Do Have a Cost

“Everyone talks about rights, but they have a cost,” said attorney Sara Frankenstein in a recent article on ICTMN.com (“With 2014 Elections Looming, N...

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April 02, 2013
Oliver J. Semans

Native Vote Packs a Punch—Again

Who would think that a group that makes up about one percent of the overall population could carry such a wallop? From 2000, when we defeated infamous “Indian fighter” U.S....

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November 15, 2012

United States Backs Native Voting Rights in Montana, Counties Want $90K if They Lose

Stephanie Woodard
October 27, 2012
In spare and elegant prose, the United States has weighed in on behalf of Montana Native voters suing for early-voting satellite offices on the Crow, Northern Cheyenne and Fort Bel...

A History of Indian Voting Rights and Why It’s Important to Vote

Dr. Dean Chavers
October 29, 2012
There has been no Indian Voting Rights Act , and no congressional hearings or testimony on such a bill...

Elections 2012: Short Takes: Republicans, Again? And Free Markets in Indian Country

Mark Trahant
October 18, 2012
The online publication Politico says that Republicans are at it again and “in danger of blowing its shot at a majority for the second cycle in a row.” Turn back the clock two years...
Steve Russell

Scandalgate

Luke Russert, son of the late and much-admired journalist Tim Russert, recently referred to Watergate as "the mother of all political scandals." He’s right, given our predilection to add “-gate” when we describe any ser...

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Montana's Native Vote Could Decide US Senate Control

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