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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2002

Divers in Montana were searching for the body of a Rocky Boy's tribal police officer who drowned while on a rescue attempt.

Robert Taylor, 43, responded to a call on Monday. He went into the water to save one of two men whose boat overturned. A witness said he swam towards the boat, went underwater near it but never resurfaced.

In related Montana reservation news, the FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs are investigating the shooting death of a man on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. John Kalama, 33, died Saturday.

The FBI and the BIA are also looking into a death on the Rocky Boy's Reservation. A 15-year-old girl was found on Saturday.

Get the Story:
Tribal officer drowns (The Great Falls Tribune 5/29)
Montana Digest: Tribal policeman drowned attempting rescue (The Billings Gazette 5/29)
Girl's body found on reservation (The Great Falls Tribune 5/29)