Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Montana Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday over whether law enforcement agencies can be held liable when an on-duty officer commits sexual assault.

A federal appeals court considering the case of a woman who was raped by a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer is asking Montana’s Supreme Court to determine whether law-enforcement agencies in the state can be held liable when their on-duty officers sexually assault someone.

Last June, the Crow Nation created a new police department. Then, five months later, that department shut down with little notice as to why.MTPR’s Freddy…

The question at the center of U.S. v. Cooley is: When can tribal officers detain and search non-Native suspects when patrolling Indian Country?

The Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana has declared a continued state of emergency until the number of COVID-19 cases in the area declines. Here's what this means for reservation residents.

Northern Cheyenne President Rynalea Pena Aug. 9 ordered a reservation-wide lockdown through Wednesday, August 19, citing a surge in COVID-19 cases and people not following existing health mandates meant to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A federal office to investigate cold cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people opened in Billings on Aug. 6.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Firefighters extinguished more than two dozen small fires on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeast Montana that were believed to…

Crow tribal leaders met with Montana U.S. Senator Steve Daines on July 17 to request support for the new tribal police department’s operations and novel Coronavirus surge planning.

The U.S. Senate will consider expanding access to healthcare for Native American veterans and streamline the hiring process for tribal law enforcement....