Chippewa Cree

Billings contractor Kevin David McGovern and his company, CMG Construction, have been charged with allegedly defrauding the Chippewa Cree Tribe and bribing tribal officials to get $2.5 million in federally-funded contracts without having to compete...

A Box Elder man has been sentenced for his role in a conspiracy to give kickbacks to Chippewa Cree tribal leaders and others in exchange for federally funded contracts to build a regional water system.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Chippewa Cree election board has invalidated the results of a special election for chairman won by a tribal leader who was ousted in March.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Chippewa Cree tribal leader and a former Montana legislator used a shell company to divert hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus aid into their own pockets.