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Documents: People Held to Shield Image of Montana Tribe
Source: Associated Press
Documents: People Held to Shield Image of Montana Tribe
By AMY BETH HANSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS HELENA, Mont. — Jul 19, 2016, 1:45 PM ET
Tribal officials in Montana detained dozens of people because they didn't want street people or transients to be the face of a rodeo event on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, according to tribal and federal documents.
The Fort Peck tribes' executive board "wanted these people picked up and detained temporary (sic) somewhere until the Stampede weekend was over," the minutes of the Aug. 1, 2013, law and justice committee meeting said.
The minutes and documents summarizing a Bureau of Indian Affairs investigation appear to support claims in a lawsuit filed last month on behalf of 31 tribal members. They claim they were hauled to the tribal jail's yard that July and held without adequate shelter, toilet facilities and medical care before being released a day after the Wild Horse Stampede.
Officials from the tribes, bureau, Roosevelt County and Wolf Point declined comment on the lawsuit and the documents.
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By AMY BETH HANSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS HELENA, Mont. — Jul 19, 2016, 1:45 PM ET
Tribal officials in Montana detained dozens of people because they didn't want street people or transients to be the face of a rodeo event on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, according to tribal and federal documents.
The Fort Peck tribes' executive board "wanted these people picked up and detained temporary (sic) somewhere until the Stampede weekend was over," the minutes of the Aug. 1, 2013, law and justice committee meeting said.
The minutes and documents summarizing a Bureau of Indian Affairs investigation appear to support claims in a lawsuit filed last month on behalf of 31 tribal members. They claim they were hauled to the tribal jail's yard that July and held without adequate shelter, toilet facilities and medical care before being released a day after the Wild Horse Stampede.
Officials from the tribes, bureau, Roosevelt County and Wolf Point declined comment on the lawsuit and the documents.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/documents-people-held-shield-image-montana-tribe-40702704