National Affairs: Johnny Up the Poll

While others were noisily campaigning across the nation last week, the Northern Cheyenne Indian tribe quietly held an election of its own in the rolling lands and rough mountains of Montana. Among the victors: Johnny Woodenlegs of Lame Deer, Mont., re-elected President; John Stands in the Timber, John Kills on Top Sr., August Spotted Elk, William Hollowbreast, Clarence Spotted Wolf, members of the tribal council.

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