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The Fort Peck Tribes have an estimated 11,000 enrolled members, half of which reside on the reservation. Many associate members mean they have Indian blood but not enough to be enrolled with the tribe. To be enrolled, or recognized as an official tribal member, a person must be at least 1/4 Fort Peck Indian blood.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Montana. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 119 law enforcement agencies employing 3,229 [ 1 ] sworn police officers, about 201 for each 100,000 residents.
Poplar is the seat for the Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Tribes, including the tribal law enforcement agency, courthouse, [12] and the Fort Peck Reservation correctional facility. [ 13 ] The Bureau of Indian Affairs maintains an agency office in Poplar.
Some 2,000 miles from the nation’s capital, the Fort Peck Reservation is tucked amid expansive grassy plains and cattle pastures a five-hour drive from Montana’s largest city, Billings.
Cantrell is currently being held by the Fort Peck Tribal Police, according to officials. Police had previously identified the man as a potential person of interest in the case.
Tribal and federal law enforcement agencies need more resources across the board to begin solving the problems, said Tester, a Montana Democrat. “We’ve got cartels in Indian Country,” he said.
The agency is responsible for 12,000 Assiniboine and Sioux enrolled tribal members and the reservation contains about 2,094,000 acres of land within its exterior boundary. There are about 939,165 acres of tribal and allotted surface trust acreage that includes Turtle Mountain Public Domain lands. [1]
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