Tribe sues federal officer after K-9 latches onto man
A civil complaint seeks to ban the Bureau of Indian Affairs officer from the Crow reservation
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A civil complaint seeks to ban the Bureau of Indian Affairs officer from the Crow reservation
Matthew Brown
Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. A prosecutor for the Crow Tribe accused a federal law enforcement officer of aggravated assault and other offenses after the officer s police dog allegedly caused extensive injuries to a tribal member during a traffic stop.
A civil complaint from prosecutor David Sibley seeks to ban the Bureau of Indian Affairs officer from the Crow reservation in southeastern Montana over the July 20 incident in Lodge Grass.
Crow Tribe sues federal officer after K-9 latches onto man
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Crow Tribe sues federal officer after K-9 latches onto man
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The Montana Legislature has ended this year with several bills making their way to Gov. Greg Gianforte that will have a lasting effect in the state s Indian Country.Â
Throughout the 2021 legislative session, 12 Indigenous people took their seats in the Montana House and Senate. The Montana American Indian Caucus this year was the largest since at least 1989, when the Legislature started collecting cultural heritage information from its members.
Marijuana rollout
After several contentious months, a marijuana implementation bill passed through the Legislature in late April. Along with detailing how much cannabis each resident can grow either as a business license holder or private citizen, House Bill 701 also stipulates for tribes where they can sell marijuana. Tribes can receive a business license to run a dispensary within 150 miles of the outside boundary of a reservation, according to the bill.
The Apsáalooke Nation will take its first steps toward entering the cannabis industry this week.
Crow Chairman Frank White Clay is expected to approve an ordinance that will allow the tribal government to oversee its own cultivation and sale of marijuana, and benefit from the revenue.
âWeâre moving forward. Weâre diversifying our economy throughout the tribe. Coal was the name of the game for the tribe for a while, but for good business we have to diversify within the reservation,â White Clay told The Gazette on Wednesday.
In this file photo, Frank White Clay waves to residents along a parade route before his inauguration in December 2020 as Chairman of the Crow Tribal Executive Branch in Crow Agency.