The Indians Were ProsperousBy the beginning of the nineteenth century the crescendo of economic change on the Flathead Reservation was reaching a climax. Income was not distributed equally on the reservation even though by 1905 the Indians were basically self supporting and most of the poorer tribal members had enough to get by. But the surrounding white community cast covetous eyes on tribal assetsespecially the land. In 1903, Congressman Joseph Dixon led an assault on the