FROM THE ARCHIVE

Alternate Crow council meets in Mont.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2001

A reported 700 adult members of the Crow Tribe of Montana held an alternative meeting of a tribal council the current administration says is illegal.

But until the Department of Interior approves a new consitution that disbands the council, dissident Crow leaders say they will continue to convene the group. Among its first orders of business was to move voting to a secret ballot -- a change widely hailed as a positive step.

After doing so, the council rejected the new constitution that voters previously approved. The council also approved a number of resolutions affecting daily business.

The constitution supported by the new administration replaces the council with a legislative body.

Get the Story:
Dissident Crow council passes agenda items (The Billings Gazette 10/15)
Call for reservation changes: Alternate Crow council backs secret ballot use (The Billings Gazette 10/14)
Crow sets first secret-ballot vote (The Billings Gazette 10/13)

Get the contested Constitution:
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS, Of THE CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS CROW INDIAN RESERVATION, CROW AGENCY, MONTANA

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