[Fishwhenican]

Hadn't seen am "Ask Me" post in awhile so I figured I would throw this one out there.

Qualifications:
I have lived in SE Montana on the eastern edge of the Northern Cheyenne Indian reservation for almost 8 years now.
I work for an organization whose mission is to help Native American people.
My two best friends here are 1) Cheyenne 2) Living on the reservation itself and married to a Cheyenne.
My Boss is a Crow Indian.
I have many other friends and people I know who are Native American.

The Northern Cheyenne reservation is a very very poor reservation. No Indian casino money or anything like that. Unemployment runs at a very high rate, figures I have seen run from 60% to 70%. Drug and Alcohol problems are huge here.

The Crow Indian reservation is directly west of the Northern Cheyenne reservation and is where the Custer Battlefield is located. It is interesting because the Cheyenne and Crows were bitter enemies in the old days and still to some extent now!

The town where we live is very remote and very small. We actually had our volunteer fire department classified as "frontier" instead of Rural because we are so much more isolated than the traditional definition of "Rural". Town consists of about 1/2 mile strip along a Hwy that contains a couple of small Grocery/General stores (one still has the original old wooden floors in it), a couple of small bars, a couple of small family restaurants, Post Office, Bank, Hardware Store and a couple of small gas stations/Convenience stores one of which is only open sometimes. Lots of dirt/gravel roads when you get off of the main highway. 75 Miles to the nearest stoplight. When we go shopping to WalMart or the Mall it is about 130 miles, same for going to the airport.

Yes, I have seen horses tied up in front of the local bars.

I am not claiming to be the foremost authority on Native American culture but I have learned a heck of a lot and if I do not know the answer I will try and find the answer for you.

So go ahead and ask away!