Counting Coups, an Eyewitness Account from the 1800s BY RICHARD IRVING DODGE All the religious dances embody the same idea, and are conducted upon much the same general principle as the great camp-meetings of some of our Christian denominations. The time and place are fixed by the medicine man, and ample notice given. The "scalp dance," is next to the medicine dance in … [Read more...]
USFS Claims Easement Through Landowner’s Front Yard
The Arrogance of the US Forest Service BY TERRY L. ANDERSON 02/06/17 After years of hearing from my friend Frank-Paul about the beauties of Indian Creek in the Madison Range, south of Ennis, Mont., my wife and I saddled our horses at the designated U.S. Forest Service trailhead more than a mile from the Lee Metcalf Wilderness Area boundary. For the first mile or so, … [Read more...]
Carving for the King
Montana Artist Amber Jean Carves in Bhutan—What a Relief BY MARIA WYLLIE 02/06/17 Located in the Eastern Himalayas, the Kingdom of Bhutan stands out as a place like no other. Roughly the size of Switzerland, rural and landlocked, the country is wedged between China in the north and India in the south. Called “The Land of the Thunder Dragon,” the tiny Buddhist kingdom … [Read more...]