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Montana Legislature (Photo by Mark Trahant, Indian Country Today)
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Montana legislature hopeful questions if reservation votes should count

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Montana Legislature (Photo by Mark Trahant, Indian Country Today)
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Judge: New voter laws “unconstitutional” and permanently enjoined

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The Payne Family Native American Center has become a hub for Indigenous student assistance and culture at the University of Montana in recent years. In an effort to further improve service for those students, UM launched a new dashboard this fall designed to streamline financial aid data. (Photo by Alex Sakariassen / MTFP)
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Can better data help retain Indigenous students?

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Crowley Fleck attorney Leonard Smith, representing Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen, cross-examines plaintiff Mitch Bohn Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, during the first day of Montana's high-profile voting rights lawsuit. Bohn testified that a new law passed in 2021 would make it more difficult for disabled voters like him to cast their Montana ballots. (Photo via Montana Free Press)
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What’s at stake as new election laws go to trial

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Montana author James Welch Credit: Lee Nye photo courtesy the James Welch Native Lit Festival
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Inaugural James Welch Native Lit Festival to launch

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Bison relax in the grass above the meandering road on the west side of the Bison Range. The National Bison Range was created in 1908 on CSKT land without tribal consent. After the Montana Water Rights Protection Act of 2020 was enacted, the Bison Range returned to tribal management. The tribes officially took over on Jan. 2, 2022. “This last year, we co-managed the Bison Range with federal employees,” said Stephanie Gillin, wildlife biologist for the CSKT Natural Resources Department. “The relationship is very supportive.” (Photo by Sarah Mosquera / MTFP)
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A Bison Range homecoming

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Lame Deer High School juniors Chauncey Oldman, left, and Shandiin Kaline. “Everyone just called her Carmie,” Kaline said, remembering school secretary Carmelita Onebear-Williams, who died at age 57 from COVID on Oct. 31. “She kind of really did everything,” Oldman said. “We have no nurse here, and she played that role, too.” (Credit: Jill Van Alstyne / MTFP)
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‘Survival mode’ in Lame Deer

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