The Chippewa Cree Tribe has a better shot at electing a county commissioner “who understands Native issues,” a tribal member said in a Tuesday statement following a settlement in a lawsuit that will ...

Native Vote. On August 14, 2025, the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, along with two Native voters, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. The suit ...

Representing the Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation and two Native American voters living in Chouteau County, Montana, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, and Native ...

The Chouteau County Courthouse in Fort Benton, Montana (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan). A new federal lawsuit alleges Chouteau County prevents Native American voters from fully ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - A federal investigator says the Chippewa Cree Tribe is being required to pay up front for work on a 50-mile water pipeline after tribal officials and companies were convicted on ...

HELENA, Mont. — An Indian reservation in the heart of Montana's farm country may seem an unlikely place to borrow a quick $600, but the Chippewa Cree tribe says it has already given out more than ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Chippewa Cree Tribe and two of its members filed a lawsuit against Chouteau County last week ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $70,675 to the Chippewa Cree Tribe to educate the public on solid waste management practices on the Rocky Boy Reservation. The tribe's Water Resources ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) – A Chippewa Cree tribal leader, a former state lawmaker and three others used a fake billing system and a shell company to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal ...