THE BEAVERSLIDE HAY STACKER: INVENTION, DIFFUSION, AND ENDURANCE IN MONTANA RANCHING HISTORY

INTRODUCTION

Few agricultural implements reflect the particular pressures of Montana's ranching environment as distinctly as the beaverslide hay stacker. Emerging from the Big Hole Valley of Beaverhead County in the early twentieth century…for further reading see link below.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/beaver-slide

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Gwich’in, Food Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice in the Arctic Coastal Plain

https://digpodcast.org/2026/03/08/gwichin-food-sovereignty-and-environmental-justice-in-the-arctic-coastal-plain/

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If you're not watching NonCompete, you should be.

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https://youtu.be/GbLVMrEa0iA

I really like this #quote about trusting younger people even when you think they're off track. Voltairine de Cleyre was 41, and a veteran organizer, when she wrote:

"Progress has to do with all mankind, not alone with the calm, the wise, and the patient. There is youth in the world, and youth is generally neither calm nor patient; it does not like to sit in the rear rows and listen to mature considerations rendered in the tone of a stock-market quotation concerning questions that are burning up its heart ….

"There is feeling in the world, and a very great quantity of it; and those who do the suffering and the sympathizing may be expected to say and to do many things not within the limits of logic."

Voltairine de Cleyre, American anarchist and feminist, 1907

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Louis Riel and His Place in Montana History

INTRODUCTION

Louis Riel (1844-1885) occupies an unusual position in North American history. Revered in Canada as a founding father of Manitoba and a defender of Metis rights, he is simultaneously a figure whose life extended southward into what is now the state of Montana -- a dimension...for further reading see link below.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/louis-riel

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THE BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION:
HOMELAND, HISTORY, AND CONTINUITY IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA
INTRODUCTION
In the far northwestern corner of Montana, where the Rocky Mountain Front surrenders its jagged ridgelines to the rolling, wind-scoured plains of the high northern prairies, lies one of the most historically significant pieces of…for further reading see link below.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/blackfeet-indian-reservation

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As filings close, Republican Steve Daines withdraws from U.S. Senate race
Montana U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme is the only remaining Republican on the ballot. Tester lambasted exclusionary timing.

Web:
https://montanafreepress.org/2026/03/04/republican-u-s-senate-steve-daines-withdraws/

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"The many dangers LaFayette faced included an assassination attempt on the same night Medgar Evers was murdered in Mississippi, in what the FBI said was a conspiracy to kill civil rights workers. LaFayette was beaten outside his home before his assailant pointed a gun at him..."

"LaFayette grew up in Tampa, Florida, where he recalled trying to board a trolley with his grandmother when he was 7 years old. Black passengers had to pay at the front, then walk to the back to climb on. But the conductor began to pull away before they could board, and his grandmother fell. He was too little to help.

"He was beaten in Montgomery, Alabama, and arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, becoming one of more than 300 Freedom Riders sent to Parchman Prison...

"Several of King’s marches were attacked by white mobs..."
https://apnews.com/article/bernard-lafayette-voting-rights-organizer-dies-f2f526a1a0b911edb9ef3c219cee77e8
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Colonel John Gibbon and the Making of Montana:
Soldier, Commander, and Reluctant Witness to the Indian Wars

Introduction

The history of Montana Territory in the 1870s cannot be examined fully without confronting the figure of Colonel John Gibbon. From his long tenure at Fort Shaw in the Sun River Valley to his pivotal roles in the…for further reading see link below.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/john-gibbon

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Approval for #Trump’s massive #EastWing #ballroom project – from a government commission that oversees planning for federal buildings & land in the nation’s capital – is delayed after it received over 32,000 comments from the public overwhelmingly opposing the construction.

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/politics/trump-east-wing-ballroom-commission-vote?cid=ios_app

The remarkable speed with which the multi-million-dollar project has progressed has underscored an emboldened Trump’s personal interest in unveiling a finished #ballroom before the end of his second term, part of a broader effort to remake the White House & Washington to suit his style & taste.

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Approval by the NCPC on Thursday would mean that any further attempt to halt construction would require intervention from the courts.

The most serious legal challenge comes from a case brought by historical preservationists, who argue that #Trump needs congressional approval to carry out the construction. And there are already questions about the validity of Thursday’s NCPC vote.

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That expected approval would come weeks after the Commission of Fine Arts, another federal agency where #Trump installed political allies, voted to approve the design & days after a federal judge rejected the nation’s top #historic #preservation group’s attempt to block it.

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Since returning to office, #Trump has stacked the 12-member commission with loyalists, & earlier this week, the NCPC executive director published a recommendation to “(approve) the preliminary & final site & building plans for the East Wing Modernization Project located on the grounds of the White House,” all but guaranteeing that the project will move forward.

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Objections centering around the “Trumpification” of the White House & fears that the #ballroom represented “authoritarian self-aggrandizement” were a common theme among the tens of thousands of comments urging the commission to reject the plan. The much smaller number of comments in support of the construction cited the need for a larger & more modern space as reason for backing it.

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The National Capital Planning Commission is expected to take a final vote today to approve plans for the #ballroom, marking the latest clearance for the project in a process that has been on a fast track since #Trump suddenly demolished the #EastWing last October. Approval by the NCPC would mean that any further attempt to halt construction would require intervention from the #courts.

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Trump’s massive #EastWing #ballroom project is poised to get its final approval from a “government” [#Trump stacked] commission that oversees planning for federal buildings & land in the nation’s capital, despite receiving >32,000 public comments overwhelmingly opposing the construction.

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/politics/trump-east-wing-ballroom-commission-vote

MAKOSHIKA STATE PARK:
DEEP TIME, DEEP HISTORY, AND THE PRESERVATION OF MONTANA’S BADLANDS
Situated on the southeastern edge of Glendive in Dawson County, Montana, Makoshika State Park occupies a singular place in both the natural and institutional history of the American West. Covering 11,538 acres of eroded badland terrain, it stands…for further reading see link below.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/makoshika-state-park

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Staff Sergeant Marcario García, the first Mexican immigrant to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. For his actions in battle against the Nazis in November 1944, he received the Medal from President Truman in 1945.

A month later, he was denied service at a restaurant because of his race and assaulted by the restaurant owner. After World War II, García became a US citizen and lived in Houston for most of his life. Today there's an army reserve base and middle school named for him ... so I hope nobody tells them he was "antifa" ...

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