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By Secretary of State Corey Stapleton

I bumped into a childhood friend last week, while doing some last-minute Christmas shopping. Gerald (and his brother Mike) were just like any other Great Falls kids back in the day—socializing and playing sports. We ran in some of the same circles. They were also part of the “lost tribe” of Chippewa. Years ago, when other Indian tribes in Montana settled into reservation lands, the Chippewa stood strong against settling for an inadequate offer from a more-powerful United States government—and it backfired. The Little Shell tribe of Chippewa got...