Native American legislators respond to Butcher comments

At a meeting of North Central Pachyderms last week former Montana legislator Ed Butcher made disparaging comments about current and former Native American legislators, and some of them have since responded to his comments.

The meeting Butcher attended was originally about tracking Republicans in the Montana Legislature and their loyalty to the party, but toward the end of the meeting he made remarks about Native American legislators he worked with.

He said two of the legislators from Montana’s reservations he knew, including Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, were intelligent people whom he...