In Montana, Searching for Votes in the ‘Teepee Capital of the World’

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In Montana, Searching for Votes in the ‘Teepee Capital of the World’

By Simone Pathé

Posted August 27, 2018 at 5:19pm

By Simone Pathé and D.A. Banks and Tom Williams

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At the Crow Fair in Crow Agency of eastern Montana, Republican and Democratic candidates for the Senate and Montana’s lone House seat attended an annual Native American gathering, hoping to gain support from a potentially crucial voting block.

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