Tribe will wait two more months

Montana's Little Shell Tribe, which has already waited more than 30 years for federal recognition as a tribe, will wait at least two more months because the Bureau of Indian Affairs needs more time for review. The Missoulian newspaper opinion page called this "beyond lame."

Hard not to agree.

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