June 30, 2026
A U.S. magistrate judge is recommending that a decision by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to deny a Montana tribe's bid to assume the agency's law enforcement operations on its reservation be remanded for reconsideration, saying the agency didn't give valid reasons for rejecting the request.
October 22, 2025
The federal government says it has provided every available dollar to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe for criminal investigations and telecommunications services, arguing that a decision to only partially fund the tribe's contract proposal is consistent with the spirit and letter of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
October 02, 2025
The Interior Department and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe are both asking for summary judgment wins in a dispute over law enforcement funding after the tribe accused the U.S. government of failing to provide it with adequate services to maintain programs on its 440,000-acre Montana reservation.
May 08, 2024
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe has accused the U.S. government of failing to provide the tribe with adequate law enforcement services, urging a Montana federal judge to order it to sign a tribal self-determination contract with an annual funding amount of at least $325,829.