![]() Fort Belknap Election Board, et al., and William Bradley, et al.," the tribal court declared the election of all six members void, declared six vacancies on the council, and ordered a new election. After plaintiffs had assumed office on January 2, 1978, in a case entitled "Charles D. On November 25, 1977, the community council adopted a resolution sustaining the validity of the election. Such person was not elected but did receive some votes. Thereafter, and on November 8, 1977, an action was filed in the tribal court seeking to void the election on the ground that an ineligible person had run. The community council sitting as an election board on November 2, 1977, certified the election. ![]() No protest was ever filed with the election board. All decisions of the Election Board on such protests shall be final. All protests to the election shall be filed with the Election Board within 5 days following the election date. The complaint alleges that the ordinances of the community provide: The Election Board shall also receive any and all protests to the conduct of the election and shall render that final decision on all such protests. Five of the plaintiffs and the defendant Plumage were elected. In November 1977 an election was held to select six members of the community council. The organization under Section 16 of the Act will be referred to as a tribal organization, and the organization under Section 17 of the Act will be referred to as a corporate organization. In 1937 the Fort Belknap Indian Community organized as a corporation under the same name pursuant to the provisions of Section 17 of the same Act (25 U.S.C. In 1935 the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Indians residing on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana organized as Indian tribes under the name "Fort Belknap Indian Community" pursuant to the provisions of Section 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act of J(25 U.S.C. ![]() Spangelo, Havre, Mont., for plaintiffs.įrancis X. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY OF FORT BELKNAP RESERVATION, MONTANA, a Federal Corporation, et al., Defendants. ![]()
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