Senator Dan Salomon, a Montana legislator from Ronan, “has never, been so mad”.  I read Sen. Salomon’s quote in an article about a bill proposed in the 2023 Montana Legislature that would have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day. The bill died in committee. Again. All the Republicans on the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee voted against it. The bill’s sponsor, Democratic Senator Shane Morigeau representing Missoula, who is a member of the Salish and Kootenai Tribes, opened the hearing by briefly describing atrocities Christopher Columbus…