Brenda Norrell: In Montana, Indians are guilty until proven innocent

2007-11-06 | Special to the Navajo Times (print edition) Part I of III

PHOTO by Brenda Norrell of James Main, Sr., with his daughter Rose, at home on Big Warm Creek, Gros-Ventre land, Montana. Please click photo for clarity. HAYS, Montana, U.S.A. James Main, Sr., Gros-Ventre and longtime advocate of Indian rights, said some conditions have improved for American Indians in Montana, particularly the treatment of Indians by government officials. Ranchers in north-central Montana often get along well with Indian cowboys. However, the treatment of Indians by the Montana Justice System has not improved its treatment of Indian people. "We've got a long way to go with the Justice system. I'd like to see a handful of radical attorneys come over here and shake this place up, attack the system", Main said. MORE http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2007/11/in-montana-indians-are-guilty-until.html Navajo Times http://www.navajotimes.com