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  Crow Busters - Crow Facts
Each Indian tribe had a name for the crow and because of its non-secretive habits, it is one of the most familiar birds to the casual observer.
Crows are very social and live in family groups of between 2 to 15 birds, averaging 4 birds.
Crows are territorial and are avid defenders of the
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  Crow tribe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a tribe of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley and now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana, and the current chairman of the is.
The tribe hosts a large pow-wow, rodeo, and parade annually; the 87th was held at Crow Agency from August 13 - August 15, 2004.
The Crow were a matrilineal (decent through the maternal line), (husband moves in with wife's family), and matriarchal tribe (females obtaining high status, even chief).
www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Crow_Tribe   (429 words)

  
 Crow Indians
The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsaalooke, are a tribe of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley and now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana, and the current chairman of the tribal council is Carl Venne.
The Crow were a matrilineal (decent through the maternal line), matrilocal (husband moves in with wife's family), and matriarchal tribe (females obtaining high status, even chief).
The shaman of the tribe was known as an Akbaalia ("healer").The Mannegishi are bald humanoids with large eyes and tiny bodies.
www.crystalinks.com /crow.html   (456 words)

  
 Crow Nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a tribe of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley and now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana.
The tribe hosts a large Dance Celebration, rodeo, and parade annually; the 87th Crow Fair was held at Crow Agency from August 18 - August 22, 2005.
The Crow Indian Reservation is divided into six districts known as The Valley of the Chiefs, Reno, Black Lodge, Mighty Few, Big Horn, and Pryor Districts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crow_tribe   (934 words)

  
 2001 Constitution of the Crow Tribe
The Crow Tribal General Council shall consist of all adult enrolled members of the Crow Tribe of Indians eighteen (18) years of age or older who are entitled to vote.
The Crow Tribal General Council shall vote, by secret ballot, on all petitions forwarded by the Executive or Legislative Branches for removal of a Tribal Official or an Executive Branch member or to vote on a referendum or initiative in accordance with Article IX of this Constitution.
Crow Tribal General Council members who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of election shall be entitled to vote in any election of the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, committee elections and referendum votes.
www.montanaforum.com /documents/20010713crow.php?nnn=2   (4489 words)

  
 Crow Tribal Constitution
The Crow Tribal General Council shall consist of all adult enrolled members of the Crow Tribe of Indians eighteen (18) years of age or older who are entitled to vote.
The Crow Tribal General Council shall vote, by secret ballot, on all petitions forwarded by the Executive or Legislative Branches for removal of a Executive Branch Official or Legislative Branch member or to vote on a referendum or initiative in accordance with Article IX of this Constitution.
Crow Tribal General Council members who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of election shall be entitled to vote in any election of the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, committee elections and referendum votes.
www.tribalresourcecenter.org /ccfolder/crow_const.htm   (4261 words)

  
 Welcome to Crow Country- Crow Tribe overview
In the Hidatsa language, this tribe was called "Apsaalooke," which means "children of the large-beaked bird." Other Indian tribes called them the "sharp people" because it was thought they were crafty and alert as the bird for which they were named, probably the raven.
Crow Fair, also known as the "Teepee Capital of the world", always begins on the third Thursday in August and routinely attracts more than 45,000 spectators and participants from the four corners of the world.
Crow Fair is held each August for the reunion of family clans, and the celebration of their culture.
www.angelfire.com /my/rabiddeputydawg/crowtribe.html   (937 words)

  
 The Crow Tribe of Montana is made up of 9,000 members
The Crow people were known for their unique and distinct style of dress.
This treatment is funded by the Crow tribe.
Crow detox cooperates with the substance abuse program at Indian Health Services and with public health services.
www.montana.edu /wwwai/imsd/rezmeth/crankoncrow.htm   (418 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Crow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The tribe is directly descended from the Hidatsa tribe of present-day North Dakota, sometimes called the North Dakota Gros Ventres.
The Crow Sun Dance, a communal worship of the sun, was banned by federal authorities in the late 1800s, but the Shoshone Sun Dance came to the Crows in 1941 and became a popular feature of tribal life.
The Crow Reservation was first defined by the treaties of 1851 and 1868, negotiated with representatives of the United States at Fort Laramie, Wyoming.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_009300_crow.htm   (1264 words)

  
 Montana v. Crow Tribe of Indians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Westmoreland and the Tribe renegotiated the lease in 1974.
The Tribe brought a federal action against Montana and Montana counties in 1978, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against imposition of the State’s severance and gross proceed taxes on coal belonging to the Tribe.
The Tribe’s case rested on three principal points: first, the fact, settled in Crow I, that the coal underlying the ceded strip was a mineral resource of the Tribe; second, the federal policy favoring tribal self-government and economic development; finally, the Ninth Circuit’s preemption decision.
lw.bna.com /lw/19980519/1829.htm   (8930 words)

  
 Tribal Energy Program - Projects on Tribal Lands: Title XXVI: Crow Indian Tribe: Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The CEC is organized as the Crow Tribe's business arm in tribal energy development for purposes, which include the development, operation, maintenance, and ownership of an economically and environmentally efficient coal-fired power plant.
Pursuant to its charter, the four elected government officials of the Crow Tribe (the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and vice-secretary) have been delegated the duties of shareholders on behalf of the members of the Crow Tribe.
This is consistent with the Crow Tribe's goals of pursuing vertically integrated energy projects on the reservation, promoting economic development activities on the reservation, energy self sufficiency, and maximizing employment opportunities for Tribal members.
www.eere.energy.gov /tribalenergy/title26/crow_indian_summary.html   (1970 words)

  
 Successful Service Delivery Strategies - Crow Eldercare - Alzheimer's Resource Room - Printer Friendly Page
The Area VII Agency on Aging is the liaison between the State agency and the Crow Tribe.
Building on the awareness and expertise developed through the Crow Eldercare program, the Crow Tribe is using some funds from the lawsuit settlement for aging and dementia needs.
Additionally, the Crow Tribe has built a nursing home and is developing it as another service resource within the community.
www.aoa.dhhs.gov /ALZ/Public/alzprof/delivery_models/delivery_strategies/crow_eldercare_pf.asp   (1950 words)

  
 CROW COURT OF APPEALS
Even if the Tribe did have authority to impose a resort tax on non-Indians, the taxpayers have not accepted privileges of on-reservation activity sufficient to justify the tax thus the Tribe cannot establish existence of a "nexus" for imposition of the tax.
A tribe may regulate, through taxation, licensing, or other means, the activities of nonmembers who enter consensual relationships with the tribe or its members, through commercial dealings, contracts, leases, or other arrangements.
A tribe may also retain inherent power to exercise civil authority over the conduct of non-Indians on fee lands within its reservation when that conduct threatens or has some direct effect on the political integrity, the economic security, or the health or welfare of the tribe.
www.littlehorn.com /Crow_Court/Decisions/rose.htm   (2801 words)

  
 Montana v. Crow Tribe of Indians (1998) [96-1829]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 1904, the Crow Tribe ceded part of its Montana Reservation to the United States for settlement by non-Indians, with the U.S holding the rights to the minerals underlying the ceded strip in trust for the Tribe.
In 1978, the Tribe brought a federal action for injunctive and declaratory relief against Montana and its counties, alleging that the State's severance and gross proceeds taxes were preempted by the IMLA and infringed on the Tribe's right to govern itself.
The Court decision was based on findings that Westmoreland had forfeited its entitlement to a refund, that neither the state nor the tribe enjoyed authority to tax to the total exclusion of the other, and that the tribe could not have taxed the company during the periods in question.
www.oyez.org /oyez/resource/case/1045   (370 words)

  
 Little Big Horn College Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Crow Tribe is one of two reservation groups in Montana that did not accept the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act.
Presently, the Tribe operates on an eleven million dollar annual budget (exclusively tribal resource supported), this compared to a seven million dollar operating budget for Bighorn County, where the Crow Reservation is located.
Crow people now have the opportunity to serve in local office beyond the tribal council thanks to a successful 1986 lawsuit against Bighorn County.
lib.lbhc.cc.mt.us /old_site_backup/gov.htm   (614 words)

  
 Native American Tribe - Crow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Crows, under Chief Plenty Coups, were initially hostile to settlers and pioneers along the Oregon Trail, but became one of the earliest tribes to settle peacefully with the whites.
It was their job to obtain consent from the Crows to build the railroad across their lands and to settle on the cost of the enterprise.
Led by Medicine Crow, 135 Crows met the officials on December 20, 1890, at Crow Agency on the reservation several miles south of Hardin.
www.frontiertrails.com /oldwest/crow.html   (1527 words)

  
 US CODE: Title 25,1776a. Definitions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The term “disputed area” means the approximately 36,164 acres of land, including the minerals, located between the 107th meridian on the east and the 1891 survey line on the west from the Yellowstone River on the north to the boundary between the State of Wyoming and the State of Montana on the south.
The term “parcel number 1” means the area, encompassing approximately 11,317 acres, bounded on the south by the Montana-Wyoming border, on the east by the 107th meridian, on the north by the extension to the west of the southern boundary of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, and on the west by the 1891 survey line.
The term “parcel number 4” means the area, encompassing approximately 9,415 acres, bounded on the south by the northern boundary of the Crow Indian Reservation, on the east by the 107th meridian, on the north by the midpoint of the Yellowstone River, and on the west by the 1891 survey line.
straylight.law.cornell.edu /uscode/html/uscode25/usc_sec_25_00001776---a000-.html   (614 words)

  
 CROW TRIBE community profile
The Crow Tribe signed treaties in the 1825, 1851, and1868 with the United States which are the legal documents defining our relationship with the United States that established our boundaries and recognized our rights as a sovereign government.
The Crow Reservation’s eastern boundary is adjacent to the Northern Cheyenne Reservation.
Crow Agency is the headquarters of the tribal government, the Indian Health Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
www.mnisose.org /profiles/crow.htm   (1198 words)

  
 Crow Tribe must decide how to manage herd
On the Crow reservation, the current herd is the second attempt in a century to bring back the bison.
Ideally, the Crow herd should be several hundred bison fewer than 1,100, Stewart said, but tribal officials have had a tough time limiting the population and keeping the animals within the reservation borders.
Not long after leaving the reservation, the Crow bison were eating on private ranch land and land owned by the Bureau of Land Management and Bighorn National Forest, raising concerns that the bison might cut into food supplies meant for cattle.
www.casperstartribune.net /articles/2004/02/03/news/regional/37cdc512253e839687256e2d00192976.txt   (1030 words)

  
 The life of the Crow Indians
The female Crow Indians covered their legs and wore moccasins while the men’s clothing was a little fancier.
The Crow Indians were a little different in that women often played very important roles within their tribal community.
And when they got married, it was the male Crow Indians that accommodated the women and moved in with her and her family.
www.indians.org /articles/crow-indians.html   (332 words)

  
 Montana State Legislature - Sessions (Text Only)
In the fall of 1998, officials from the Crow Tribe approached Governor Racicot and Attorney General Mazurek with a proposal for a comprehensive settlement of three important issues that have gone unresolved for decades: tribal water rights, coal severance tax litigation and "Section 2" land ownership.
The Tribe may use all available surface and groundwater on the Reservation not needed to satisfy all current downstream uses provided for in the Northern Cheyenne Compact and certain portions of the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Water Right are protected.
The Crow Tribe will have the right to use 47,000 AFY from any water source on lands or interests on the ceded strip which Congress restored to the Tribe or on any lands acquired and held in trust for the Tribe.
leg.state.mt.us /textonly/sessions/special_session/june_1999/factss1.asp   (1015 words)

  
 The Sioux tribe and the Dakota conflict
The Sioux tribe was actually made up of three divisions of seven tribes.
The Lakota Sioux tribe is divided into seven bands: The Oglala, Brule, Minniconjou, Sans Arcs, Oohenopa, Sihasapa, and the Hunkpapa.
One reason for the uprising of the Sioux tribe was that the Dakotas were not being paid the money promised to them for their land.
www.indians.org /articles/sioux-tribe.html   (332 words)

  
 Crow tribe approves tobacco tax - billingsgazette.com
The tobacco tax sparked debate in the Crow Legislature because some were concerned the tax system would compromise the tribe's sovereignty.
Legal research indicated that the Crow tribe's sovereignty might actually be bolstered because implementing the tax could be seen as affirming its rights.
The tax won't take effect until after the state and the tribe have completed negotiations and an agreement is approved by the Crow Legislature.
www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/01/build/local/60-crowe-tax-tobacco.inc   (407 words)

  
 Sessions
LC 1, the Crow Water Rights Compact, authorizes the State of Montana to pay the Crow Tribe $15million in annual installments over a period of 10 years to a fund "dedicated to economic development and water and sewer infrastructure within the Reservation." The Compact makes itclear that the State is contributing this money to (1).
The Tribe may use all available surface and groundwater on the Reservation not needed to satisfy all currentdownstream uses provided for in the Northern Cheyenne Compact and certain portions of the NorthernCheyenne Tribal Water Right are protected.
The Crow Tribe will have the right to use 47,000 AFY from any water source on lands or interests on the cededstrip which Congress restored to the Tribe or on any lands acquired and held in trust for the Tribe.
leg.state.mt.us /css/sessions/special_session/june_1999/factss1.asp   (1027 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The tribe’s 107 Committee has asked for an investigation of the agreement, arguing that the special session at which it was approved was improperly called, that legislators with conflicts of interest were allowed to vote, that no public hearing was held and that no proper notice of the closed meeting was posted.
The Crow Tribe negotiated this agreement and is obviously comfortable with it or they would not have presented it to me. Apparently CERT believes that the Crow Tribe should have negotiated terms and conditions other than those contained in the final agreement.”
the crow tribal legislative branch said that they held "closed" meetings to clb02-01 and had the majority of the crow tribe public wanting to remove the same judges that the crow tribe had just elected into position.
www.billingsnews.com /printStory?storyid=4100   (903 words)

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