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Attorneys for the three officials denied the allegations, saying the charges were politically motivated and appeared timed to disrupt the reservation’s upcoming elections.

Coming up on Friday's Montana Talks- Chairman Not Afraid responds to a removal petition backed by Vice Chairman Carlson Goes Ahead and Vice Secretary Shawn Back Bone. Plus, well talk coal, energy policy, and more.

The United States Department of Interior’s Inspector General, published a report December 11, 2018, that the Bureau of Indian Affairs requested an audit of the Crow Tribe’s methamphetamine initiative program. Crow Tribe officials were unable to account for a $150,000 grant given in 2015 toward the program...

Chairman Not Afraid: 'That agenda fits the Crow today, to side with the (Trump) Administration and Matt Rosendale.'

Montana’s Crow Indian Tribe says it’s reviewing a U.S. audit saying it misused $4.8 million intended for water system improvements and can’t fully account for an additional $7.8 million paid to subcontractors and vendors. The government findings released Tuesday mark the third time in recent years that the tribe has come under scrutiny for its handling of federal money...

A longtime legislative leader from the Crow Tribe in Montana testified on Capitol Hill earlier this week, sending a strong message to Washington state politicians blocking Crow coal from getting to market.

Q2 reports that the Inspector General of the Interior Department says the Crow Tribe can’t account for nearly $14.5 million in federal transportation grants from 2016, according to a federal audit released Monday. The IG Office report states the tribe failed to track expense reports, provide supporting documents for the contracts or submit a single audit for the fiscal year ending Sept... Read Mor

The Billings Gazette reports that Westmoreland Coal Company stock fell to 26 cents a share on Tuesday after the company– which owns three Montana mines– indicated it would consider bankruptcy. The Colorado-based company, which feeds the Colstrip power plant from the Rosebud Mine, and whose Absaloka Mine has been a major source of income for the Crow Tribe, revealed in its annual report– filed late

After an announcement that Colstrip units 1 and 2 will be shut down over the next six years due to a legal settlement over an environmental lawsuit, Montana Senator Steve Daines is criticizing President Obama, “fringe environmental groups,” and fellow Montana Senator Jon Tester for over what he describes as “a step backwards” for Colstrip.

The Coalition of Large Tribes, or COLT, is an advocacy group composed of members from large Indian tribes from across the United States and is currently chaired by Darrin Old Coyote from the Crow tribe in Montana.