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| Fort Peck Tribes chairman Floyd Azure stands in his shop, where he ran his auto body business before being elected to his new role on the reservation. |
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| Azure keeps a cork board with the various automotive projects he's had over the years. |
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| Azure lives in Poplar, Mont. among the most dangerous places in Montana, if not the United States. His shop has been broken into before, but he says that if things get stolen, it wouldn't be the end of the world. |
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| A girl stands with her family's groceries on the checkout conveyor at Tande Grocery in Poplar, Mont. |
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| Tote Gray Hawk's 'mechanic hands'. |
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| Lenny Gray Hawk, left, and his brothers Brad and Tote have been working on cars their whole lives, a skill taught by their father. Now they work on cars to make extra money and provide their community the service of cheap mechanical work. |
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| Tote's hands wiggle through cables and engine components, trying to reattach the steering rod. |
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| The brothers say that licensed mechanics are too expensive of the Fort Peck Reservation. If they were to become licensed, they would also be forced to charge more to cover the cost of employees, certification, and new parts. |
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| Lenny, left, says his lack of higher education prevents him from becoming a certified mechanic. Brad used to mechanic for the Cenex station in Poplar, Mont., but stopped. |
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| Tote looks under the transmission of his sister's minivan, as Brad and Lenny check the engine compartment. Under the table mechanics often work on cars of family members, friends, or friends of friends. |
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| Brad pulls a socket wrench from Lenny's meager hand-me-down tool box. The brothers are using a garage at Tote's employers, Fort Peck Transportation, but usually have do work wherever the car stopped running. |
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| Kenneth Smoker, left, and Dale Dakota work on renovated the movie theatre in Poplar, Mont. The movie theatre was founded in 1904, but hasn't been in operation for 20 years. |
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| Dakota stands in a work light in the theatre. The plan is to let high schoolers from Poplar take control of the theatre once it becomes operation in late April of 2013. |
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| Dakota and Smoker work on the lobby of the theatre. |
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| The theatre is also being used for bow-n-arrow target practice right now. The bison is the target. |
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| Smoker takes a break as Dakota takes down sections of the old ceiling. |
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| Dakota points out the work that needs to be done in the next month before the theatre is planned to open. |
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| Outside Wolf Point at sunset. This is one frame out of 900 that will make a timelapse soon enough. I cropped out most of the vignette that came from using a 20mm with a full frame body. |
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| Allen Martin hitches his trailer to Julie Acheson's SUV. |
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| Martin watches as Jocelyn Acheson tries to pull his trailer out of mud. |
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| Martin walks through a field of knapweed with a leverage bar. |
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| Martin looks where the trailer was once parked. |
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| A model in Project Selvedge week 5 challenge dances in front of an adoring crowd. The yearly event features local fashion designers, loosely based on the TV show "Project Runway". |
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| Specators watch a model strut her stuff in Selvedge Studio's Project Selvedge. |
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| Arif checks out a pair of pants for his girlfriend's 21st birthday as a squad car rushes past on Higgins Ave. during a high speed chase. |
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| Justin O'Brien checks the stability of an old hand rail post outside the Fine Arts building today. |
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| O'Brien is working to put metal covers over the posts to prevent further deterioration and to discourage posters from being stapled to the posts. |
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| O'Brien screws a cap onto a post. |
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| O'Brien concentrates. |
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| O'Brien checks the integrity of a post. |
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| University of Montana public safety officer Nic Painter calls in a license plate during a routing traffic stop. |
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| Rich Zitzka patrols Jesse Hall. |
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| Nic Painter shines his spotlight on a man lounging in a window well. |
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| Melva is a character I hope to get to follow more soon. |
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| She's got a really neat story that maybe I'll be able to tell someday. |
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| Griz fans cheer Saturday, March 15, 2013 in Dahlberg Arena. The Griz beat Weber State 67-64 to become the 2013 Big Sky Conference champions. |
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| Montana guard Kareem Jamar (32) goes for three. |
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| Will Cherry (5) takes down Weber State's Frank Otis (13) en route to a basket. |
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| Montana head coach Wayne Tinkle discusses game plans with his players during a timeout. |
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| Montana guard Will Cherry (5) moves through a wall of Weber State players. |
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| Montana guard Kenzie DeBoer (10) runs onto the court during starting lineup announcements Saturday, March 15, 2013 in Dahlberg Arena. The Lady Griz beat UNC 56-43. |
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| Northern Colorado guard Lindsay Mallon (20) tries to move past Montana forward Carly Selvig (24) . |
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| Northern Colorado D'Shara Strange (3) shoots a lay up past Montana's Katie Baker (22) and Jordan Sullivan. |
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| A Big Sky Conference championship medal is shown with confetti and a piece of the game net. |
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| Montana players celebrate after their win. |
