Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
The Fort Belknap Indian Tribe filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior, alleging that the federal agency is failing to meet its treaty obligations to provide adequate law enforcement services on the reservation in northern Montana. They join several other northern Tribes who filed suits against the federal government for not providing adequate funding for law enforcement on reservations. (photo: Fort Belknap Indian Community)
The Fort Belknap Indian Community is suing the federal government for not providing adequate law enforcement services on Indian lands.
According to court documents, the Tribe filed a lawsuit last October after it was denied a $3.8 million increase for law enforcement funding from the previous year.
In its filing, lawyers for the Tribe wrote, "The population of the Reservation is substantially harmed by violent crime, crimes against children and vulnerable adults, missing persons, drug-related crime, and the resulting impacts to the entire Reservation community."
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