WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) introduced H.R. 5088 to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community (FBIC). The FBIC Water Settlement will ratify the.
The Fort Belknap Indian Community is suing the federal government for not providing adequate law enforcement services on Indian lands. According to court documents, the Tribe filed a lawsuit last October after it was denied a $3.8 million increase for law enforcement funding from the previous year. In its filing, lawyers for the Tribe wrote, “The population of the Reservation is substantially harmed by violent crime, crimes against children and vulnerable adults, missing persons, drug-related crime, and the resulting impacts to the entire Reservation community.”
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