Despite opposition, Montana legislator advances two priority bills from American Indian caucus

Two priority bills for the Montana Legislature’s American Indian Caucus are back in play after strategic moves last week by Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, a Democrat from Box Elder.

While the bills were previously voted down in Senate committees, Windy Boy on Feb. 21 brought motions to revive legislation to update and extend Montana’s Indian Child Welfare Act and a bill to increase accountability in the state’s Indian Education for All requirement. 

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