Little Shell

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, Gerald Gray, the incoming chairman of Montana's Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians, poses at the advertising agency where he works in Billings, Mont. Gray says a shift in federal policy will ease the way for the landless Montana tribe to be recognized by the U.S. government following a campaign that's lasted decades. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)