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Candidates discuss tribal sovereignty, Flathead Reservation conflicts and shared resource management
Summary
Both candidates addressed tribal-state relations and the Flathead Reservation; Leo Yudetz called for honoring treaties and better negotiation, while Alan Mickelson said tribal governments should control tribal lands and rejected eliminating reservations.
The Missoula forum included a substantive exchange on tribal-state relations, treaty obligations and local conflicts involving the Flathead Reservation.
Leo Yudetz noted there is "a lot to be improved as far as the relationship between the State of Montana and the Native American Tribes of this state," and he said treaties "should be upheld." He urged continued negotiation over…
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