Vehicles in varying states of disrepair puttered down the main drag in Lame Deer. A pickup truck with only half a windshield tore out of the gas station, and an SUV pulled out of the nearby IGA with no door handles. In the background stands a clean-cut First Interstate Bank.
A perceptible disconnect exists between the realities of tribal communities and traditional sources of capital development. Without viable investment opportunities for those living at or below the poverty level, economic dev...