Great Falls, Mont. – On December 15, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana approved a settlement reached in Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation v. Chouteau County, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Native Vote. On August 14, 2025, the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, along with two Native voters, filed a ...

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 ...

A Laurel man already facing federal fraud charges recently denied new charges linked to a large corruption investigation involving the Chippewa Cree Tribe on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation. Mark Craig ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HELENA — A judge sentenced a former Chippewa Cree tribal council member Wednesday to 5½ years in prison after he pleaded guilty to embezzlement, tax evasion and other charges in a federal corruption ...

HAVRE (AP) — A Chippewa Cree tribal court jury has cleared tribal chairman Ken St. Marks of defrauding the tribe and ordered the tribe to pay him more than $200,000 for his company's work on a ...