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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A month after Chouteau County agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging it unlawfully diluted voting ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bunibonibee Cree Nation Chief Richard Hart is being remembered as a kind and compassionate leader after news of his death was shared by community members and Indigenous leaders in northern Manitoba on ...