Meanwhile, in Missoula and elsewhere in western Montana, actor Kal Penn of the “Harold and Kumar” movies will stump for Obama on Sunday, May 18.
Those planning to go to Crow Agency are encouraged to get there well ahead of the 2:45 p.m. event. The Illinois senator also is speaking in Bozeman on Monday evening.
After that, Penn will travel to Kalispell for a meeting with students in the Lions Park Pavilion at 4:15 p.m., and an event billed as “Party With Young Professionals” at 6:45 p.m. at the KM Theater on Second Street East in Kalispell.
Obama's Monday schedule includes a Town Hall for Working Families at 10:45 a.m. at West High in Billings, after which he'll go to the Crow Agency rally at Apsaalooke Veterans Park beginning at 2:45 p.m.
Obama will then travel to Bozeman for a rally at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.
The Crow and Fort Peck Indian tribes endorsed Obama this week. Northern Cheyenne Tribal President Geri Small endorsed Hillary Clinton last week.
Obama has a tribal leaders steering committee that represents about 30 tribes across the nation, although none are from Montana.
Monday's visit is Obama's second stop in Montana. Obama and Democratic opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, attended the annual Montana Democratic Party's Mansfield-Metcalf dinner in Butte on April 5. And Obama spoke in Missoula on April 5, while Clinton had events in Missoula on April 6.
Mark Moak, who waited two hours in Billings with his wife, Rhett, for tickets, enjoyed being part of what he called the democratic process. “I think he is the real deal,” Moak said of Obama.
Does Moak think Obama will win Montana's Democratic primary?
“I sure hope so,” he said.
Montana and South Dakota are the last states to hold primaries on June 3. In Montana, 16 pledged delegates are up for grabs. South Dakota has 15.
As of Friday, Obama had 1,904 delegates, while Clinton had 1,718, the Associated Press reported. To win the nomination, a candidate needs 2,026 delegates.
Obama and Clinton have opened campaign offices in Montana, and Obama has begun airing radio and television ads here. Obama has been increasing his lead in delegates and key superdelegates that could decide the nomination. Three of Montana's eight superdelegates have endorsed Obama, while a fourth has indicates she will, too. The rest have not declared a preference.
The Missoulian contributed to this article.
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