Montana is trying to force its coal-tax dispute with the Crow tribe – a case that has been kicking around the federal courts for 19 years – to yet another hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court. The tribe won the first round in 1988, when the Supreme Court declared in a $46.8 million judgment that […]
Pat Dawson
Posted inNovember 27, 1995: Saving the ranch
Jury tackles a question of ethics in Montana
BILLINGS, Mont. – The three-day trial here last month of a man accused of shooting an endangered wolf ran like a morality play about the new American West and small-town Montana culture. This is a place where men enjoy their guns, hunting, beer and trucks, but as the accused, Chad McKittrick, soon discovered, there are […]
Posted inAugust 9, 1993: Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher
Indians ask Congress for a First Amendment
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Indians ask Congress for a First Amendment.
Posted inAugust 9, 1993: Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher
Gold company stymied in Montana’s Sweet Grass Hills
The BLM refuses permission to explore gold-mining claims in the Sweet Grass hills. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Gold company stymied in Montana’s Sweet Grass Hills.
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
A big gold mine wants to get bigger
The Pegasus gold mine plans expansion amid Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes’ accusations of pollution. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline A big gold mine wants to get bigger.
Posted inFebruary 12, 1990: U.S. military plots vast land coups
Sheepmen told: The wolf is at the door
The gray wolf is coming back to Montana, and those who raise sheep and other livestock are going to have to learn to live with it. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 6, 1988: Will the Crow Tribe dribble away $29 million in coal tax money?
The U.S. has spent a century chiseling away Crow land
The Crow have been one of the more flexible tribes in adapting to the ways of the dominant culture. But tribal leaders fear their easygoing ways may cost Crow children their ancestral ground. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/20.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 5, 1988: Is the grizzly adapting fast enough?
Montana wool growers say that the wolf is at the door
Wolves were thought to be extinct in this part of the country, wiped out over a half-century ago by bounty hunters and government trappers. But this year, in southeastern Montana, they’re the center of the talk. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/20.1/download-entire-issue