Native American tribes race to complete census before time runs out

Lodge Grass, Mont. • When Lauri Dawn Kindness was growing up, her hometown on the Crow Indian Reservation had an arcade, movie theater, gas stations and family cafe along streets shaded by towering cottonwood trees near a bend in the Little Bighorn River. Today, there’s only a small grocer and a propane dealer among the deserted lots scattered through downtown Lodge Grass.Kindness is back here after more than a dozen years in the U.S. Army, including four combat tours, and she wants t