Tribal Court Proper Forum For Blackfeet Indians’ Water Compact Claims, Judge Holds

Mealey's (November 20, 2018, 11:12 AM EST) -- GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Blackfeet tribal members challenging a water compact among the tribe, Montana and the United States must take their fight to the tribe’s court, a federal judge decided Nov. 16 in finding no jurisdiction over the dispute (Enrolled Members of the Blackfeet Tribe, et al. v. Thedus Crowe, et al., No. 4:15-cv-92, D. Mont., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195939)....