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The Crow, whose autonym is Apsáalooke ([ə̀ˈpsáːɾòːɡè]), also spelled Absaroka, are Native Americans living primarily in southern Montana. Today, the Crow people have a federally recognized tribe, the Crow Tribe of Montana, [1] with an Indian reservation, the Crow Indian Reservation, located in the south-central part of the state. [1]
Frank White Clay was elected to Tribal Leadership for the first time in 2015, being elected as a senator in the Crow Legislature from Black Lodge District. [2] In November 2020, White Clay ran for the position of Chair of the Crow Tribe, his campaign promised to improve the governments fiscal transparency and increasing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, [3] he would win a landslide victory ...
The Crow Tribe has an enrolled membership of approximately 11,000, of whom 7,900 reside in the reservation. 20% speak Crow as their first language. [ 5 ] The reservation, the largest of the seven Indian reservations in Montana , is located in south-central Montana , bordered by Wyoming to the south and the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation ...
Richard Real Bird is an Crow politician and former chairman of the Crow Tribe of Montana. Real Bird served as chairman of the Crow Tribe for two terms, from 1986 until 1990. Real Bird was convicted of fraud and embezzlement while in office. [1] He lost his 1990 re-election bid to Crow Nation secretary Clara Nomee, who succeeded him.
The Crow senators serve four year terms with no term limits. The Judicial Branch is composed of courts established in the Crow Law and Order Code. Currently, there is a Crow Tribal Court (general jurisdiction), Crow Juvenile Court, and a Crow Court of Appeals. A Traditional Supreme Court has been established by law but is not yet implemented.
Chairmen of the Crow Tribe; the Government of the Crow Tribe In 2001, the Crow Tribal Council by voice vote passed a measure to establish a three branch government. The chairman of the Crow Tribe: Name Term Notes Ralph Saco: 1920–1921 James Carpenter 1921–1927 William Bends: 1927–1934 Hartford Bear Claw: 1934–1938 Charles Yarlott: 1938 ...
Meanwhile, the Crow camp organized a big war party to strike first and drive the enemies out of the Crow country. The two Indian armies crossed each other unnoticed during the night. The Crows lost the track and never found the camps on the Powder River. [5]: pp. 24-25 The Cheyenne and Lakota attacked the unprotected Crow camp at noon.
Thomas Yellowtail was born just south of Lodge Grass, Montana, on the Crow Indian reservation. [2] His father's name was Hawk with the Yellow Tail Feathers. It was the practice at the time for the U.S. Government to assign surnames to the Indians as a means of assimilating them into the white culture and to ease record keeping.