It was Montana that took on the railroads that carved up the state. It was Montana that fought mining companies that poisoned your rivers. And it was Montana held the United States government accountable for the harm it caused our Native American brothers and sisters. and the land that it took from them. That is Montana. Because the fight that shaped this state didn't disappear when the railroad stopped growing or when the robber barons lost their power back in that day, and they just changed shape into this one. (17:16–17:29)
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Asserts that Montana held the U.S. government accountable for harm to Native Americans.
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