"Indian tribes have watched governors come and go in Montana. Some of them came to the reservation on the campaign trail promising to remember Indian issues once they got into office. They seldom came back. Indian issues were forgotten.

Has the tide turned? If the events of May 5 on the Northern Cheyenne Indian reservation are any indication, they may have. Chief Dull Knife College invited Gov. Brian Schweitzer to be the keynote speaker at its graduation ceremonies. The governor accepted. He was there early shaking hands and visiting with everyone. His escort was Major Robinson, himself a Northern Cheyenne, and one of many Indian staff members appointed to his administrative team."

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Zane Spang: Schweitzer keeping pledge to include Indians (The Billings Gazette 5/13)

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