Montana’s anti-Indigenous politics aren’t going away — High Country News – Know the West
, 2023-01-31 03:02:02,
The now-dead proposal to ‘investigate’ reservations was neither the beginning or the end of combative attitudes towards tribal nations in the state.
In early January, the Montana State Legislature’s 2023 session started with a bang. That first week, Sen. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, brought a draft resolution calling on Congress to “investigate alternatives to the reservation system,” using language rife with misinformation and the stereotypes typical of anti-Indigenous groups. After pushback from the state’s bipartisan American Indian Caucus, tribal nations and his own constituents, Regier said he would not introduce the legislation, adding that it had been written by a local constituent (Regier did not respond to a request for comment from HCN).
Montana Sen. Keith Regier (R-Kalispell), appears on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 24, 2023. In the first week of the 2023 session, Regier brought a draft resolution calling on Congress to “investigate alternatives to the reservation system.”
Eliza Wiley/Montana Free Press
The incident — the latest episode in a long history of anti-tribal sovereignty activity in Montana — emphasized the proximity between anti-Indigenous organizers and state legislators. Montana has Indigenous state lawmakers across the political spectrum, and a history of political independence. But with Republicans holding a historic…
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