Former Bureau of Indian Affairs director engaged in abusive behavior, no action taken

As facetious as it might sound, the lawmakers in North Dakota could be included on a list of anti-Indian hate groups (“Why don’t anti-Indian groups count as hate groups?” HCN, 11/26/18). The evidence: North Dakota’s 2017 voter ID law, which requires strict forms of identification, including street addresses. The law disenfranchises voters on American Indian reservations, where […]

In the excerpt from her new book, Desert Cabal, Amy Irvine speaks volumes of truth in a few carefully chosen words (“Contrarian Cowboy: A note to Edward Abbey,” HCN, 11/12/18). I nodded in recognition as she described the contrast of old-time rural folk with the vociferous shouts of urban activists who fail to recognize that […]

I just read your article on the Citizens for Equal Rights Alliance with great interest and gratitude (“Why don’t anti-Indian groups count as hate groups?” HCN, 11/26/18). I’d be interested regardless, but I am a landowner in Sanders County, Montana, and have been bombarded by the oddest, most addled, acerbic and confusing series of votes […]

A few of the recent letters to the editor (Ferm, 10/29/18, and Mumaw, 10/15/18) lamenting High Country News’ shifts toward coverage reflecting the issues faced by people in the region — not just white recreationists, ranchers or public-lands managers, but people, including immigrants, prisoners, queer people and others, who have often been overlooked in the […]