Articles written by Dan Frosch

Dan Frosch, New York Times|Oct 15, 2013

CROW AGENCY, Mont. — Worlds away from Washington, Audrey Costa wondered aloud about keeping her family warm. A mother of three, she relies on lease payments from the Bureau of Indian Affairs on land owned by her family, which can run up to a few hundred dollars a year, to pay for food and electricity. But since the partial shutdown of the federal government began on Oct. 1, Ms. Costa, 41, has not received a check. “We’re having such a hard time,” she said outside her tattered clapboard home in...