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Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Chair Shelly Fyant poses for a portrait on Jan. 2, 2021, in Polson, Mont.Photo: Tailyr Irvine for The InterceptConfederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Chair Shelly Fyant poses for a portrait on Jan. 2, 2021, in Polson, Mont.Photo: Tailyr Irvine for The Intercept Montana Tribes Hard-Hit by Covid-19 Brace for Republican Takeover Native Americans in Montana are dying from Covid-19 at a rate 11 times higher than white residents. January 9 2021, 2:41 p.m. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Chair Shelly Fyant poses for a portrait on Jan. 2, 2021, in Pol...

Editor's Note This story was compiled almost completely from the reporting of Lee Montana newspapers’ staff over the past nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic. It started the way most Montana storms do, signs of trouble coming on the west wind. On Leap Day, Saturday, Feb. 29, Washington state reported the country’s first COVID-19 death, the first healthcare worker infected, and the first known outbreak in a care facility. By early March, a few Montanans began to worry. Many others paid scant attention to the gathering storm. Indeed, some battle lines were already being drawn. Four W...